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http://dx.doi.org/10.11108/kagis.2010.13.4.067

Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Select the Optimal Route for Hazardous Material Transport  

Son, Eu-Gene (Dept. of Geoinformatic Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Bae, Sang-Hoon (Dept. of Geoinformatic Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies / v.13, no.4, 2010 , pp. 67-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
Growth of oil and chemical industries has been remarkable during recent years. Hazardous materials (Hazmat) make frequent use in the wide range of industries. It increases the frequency of Hazmat transport and it leads to increase the number of accidents. Optimal Hazmat routes can reduce damage. Thus, the objective of this study is to minimize the areas impacted by Hazmat accidents by adopting experts' opinion in planning the route. We calculated weights using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and deduced the best route by applying this weights. Results showed that in the case of shortest route versus weighted route, the percentage of population damage has been decreased by 33.4% in the comparison between shortest route and optimally weighted route. And the percentage of environmental damage also has been decreased by 21.8%. Social damage has been decreased by 1521.7%. In the case of none weighted route versus weighted route, the percentage of population damage has been decreased by 2.6% when we adopted weighted route. Consequently, the recommended route with weighted risk assessment avoids densely populated area comparing with none weighted route. Further research needs to be carried out in order to figure out the specific cost-effectiveness analysis applying the equal cost unit for each factor.
Keywords
Hazardous Materials Transport; AHP; Route Estimation; Missing Data Imputation;
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