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Title: ALLOCATING HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS
Accession Number: 00602715
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Productivity in many governmental agencies can be greatly increased by the application of optimization techniques. As these techniques progress, it is important to keep those agencies who are using them up-to-date with the most recent innovations. Presented is an update of a highway safety application, progressing over 15 years, from the use of dynamic programming to a branch-and-bound technique. The branch-and-bound technique is faster, can handle larger sets of project data, and does not suffer from round-off errors as did the dynamic programming technique. These features have enabled the total available funds from categorical highway safety grants to be allocated to produce the maximum benefit in terms of estimated savings of lives, injuries, and property damage.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1270, Safety Research: Accident Studies, Enforcement, EMS, Management, and Simulation 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: SAFETY RESEARCH: ACCIDENT STUDIES, ENFORCEMENT, EMS, MANAGEMENT AND SIMULATION 1990 Monograph Accession #: 00620472
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Brown, David BBuffin, RobertDeason, WilliamPagination: p. 85-88
Publication Date: 1990
Serial: ISBN: 0-309-05052-9
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Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM
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