A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE GROUPS OF ROAD SEGMENTS TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONSTRUCTED, THE PRIORITY BETWEEN THEM AND CONSTRUCTION PATTERN CONSIDERING THE DISUTILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Abstract

This paper describes a method to determine the groups of road segments to be simultaneously constructed, the priority between them and the construction pattern considering the disutility under construction. The dynamic programming and the stochastic schimata exploiter are utilized for an optimization procedure. The mathematical modeling of the problem and its solution technique are emphsized. An example problem is included and illustrated for showing the applicability of these models. The results indicate that the proposed methods are useful for the multi-stage determination problem such as the road network planning.