TY - GEN
T1 - An agent-based simulation approach for dual toll pricing of hazardous material transportation
AU - Kim, Sojung
AU - Mungle, Santosh
AU - Son, Young Jun
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A dual toll pricing is a conceptual policy in which policy maker imposes toll on both hazardous materials (hazmat) vehicles as well as regular vehicles for using populated road segments to mitigate a risk of haz-mat transportation. It intends to separate the hazmat traffic flow from the regular traffic flow via controlling the dual toll. In order to design the dual toll pricing policy on a highly realistic road network environment and detailed human behaviors, an extended BDI framework is employed to mimic human decision behaviors in great detail. The proposed approach is implemented in AnyLogic® agent based simulation software with using a traffic data of Albany, NY. Also, search algorithms in OptQuest® are used to determine the optimum dual toll pricing policy which results in the minimum risk and travel cost based on the simulation results. The result reveals the effectiveness of the proposed approach in devising a reliable policy under the realistic road network conditions.
AB - A dual toll pricing is a conceptual policy in which policy maker imposes toll on both hazardous materials (hazmat) vehicles as well as regular vehicles for using populated road segments to mitigate a risk of haz-mat transportation. It intends to separate the hazmat traffic flow from the regular traffic flow via controlling the dual toll. In order to design the dual toll pricing policy on a highly realistic road network environment and detailed human behaviors, an extended BDI framework is employed to mimic human decision behaviors in great detail. The proposed approach is implemented in AnyLogic® agent based simulation software with using a traffic data of Albany, NY. Also, search algorithms in OptQuest® are used to determine the optimum dual toll pricing policy which results in the minimum risk and travel cost based on the simulation results. The result reveals the effectiveness of the proposed approach in devising a reliable policy under the realistic road network conditions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894212598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WSC.2013.6721625
DO - 10.1109/WSC.2013.6721625
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894212598
SN - 9781479939503
T3 - Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013
SP - 2520
EP - 2531
BT - Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation
T2 - 2013 43rd Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013
Y2 - 8 December 2013 through 11 December 2013
ER -