Yearly Archives: 2007

MFworks Tutorial – 16 Shortest Path II

Creating proximity surfaces for path(s) in time interval 2 and adding these together yield the shortest path(s) through time interval 2.

SpreadFromCutoff1_Time2 = Spread Cutoff_Point1
To 600
In costoftravel_time2
Outof direction
;

SpreadFromCutoff2_Time2 = Spread Cutoff_Point2
To 600
In costoftravel_time2
Outof direction
;

SpreadFromCutoff3_Time2 = Spread Cutoff_Point3
To 600
In costoftravel_time2
Outof direction
;

SpreadFromCutoff4_Time2 = Spread Cutoff_Point4
To 600
In costoftravel_time2
Outof direction
;

SpreadFromStop_Time2 = Spread stopTo 600
In costoftravel_time2
Outof direction
;

ShortestPath1_InNetwork_time2 =
SpreadFromCutoff1_Time2 + SpreadFromStop_Time2
;

ShortestPath2_InNetwork_time2
= SpreadFromCutoff2_Time2 + SpreadFromStop_Time2
;

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MFworks Tutorial – 17 Shortest Path I+II

Now, the shortest path(s) can be extracted as follows:

ShortestPath_time2 = Recode ShortestPath4_InNetwork_time2
Assigning 999 To 83…85
;

For time interval 1, first add proximity surfaces, then extract path.
SpreadFromCutoff4_time1 = Spread Cutoff_Point4
To 600
In costoftravel_time1
Outof direction
;

ShortestPath_InNetwork_time1 = SpreadFromStart_Time1
+ SpreadFromCutoff4_time1
;

ShortestPath_time1 = Recode ShortestPath_InNetwork_time1
Assigning 999 To 169…171;


The extracted paths can now be joined and overlayed over the study area map for visualization.

ShortestPath_time = Cover ShortestPath_time1 With ShortestPath_time2
;

ShortestPath_OverMap_time = Cover BrownsPond With ShortestPath_time
;

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Impact assessment of road transportation projects

The strength of the Norwegian impact assesment method is how non-monetizable impacts are handled and integrated with the framework of the impact assessment. The significance of the various impacts is then assessed by combining the value and the magnitude of impact on five criteria: landscape/cityscape, community life and outdoor recreation, cultural heritage, natural environment and natural resources.

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The Swedish Road Network – Vulnerable or not?

The increase in generalised travel costs weighted by the satisfied or unsatisfied demand when network links are closed is used as a measure of vulnerability for a case study in Northern Sweden, and applied to the terms of importance and exposure.

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How New Zealand develops resilient organisations

As our infrastructure and organisations become ever more networked and interdependent there is a growing need to focus on managing overall system risk. In particular, there is a need to focus not only on the vulnerability of our systems to failure, but also on our ability to manage and minimise the impact of any failures.

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Is Your Supply Chain Vulnerable?

Supply chain vulnerability is an important business issue, but little research has been undertaken into supply chain vulnerabilities. Recently I came across a report on Supply Chain Vulnerability published as early as 2002 by the Cranfield University.

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Book Review: Logistics Management and Strategy

I have found it hard to find a book that explains the concepts of logistics and supply chain management in a clearer fashion than this book. Every chapter features a number of case studies in which the theory is discussed in-depth.

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How to disrupt a supply chain

A typical supply chain consists of a company with incoming raw materials from an upstream supplier and outgoing products to a downstream customer.
A supply chain is characterized by its locational and organizational design.
There are many potential disruptions to a supply chain.
The potential disruptions may or may not influence locational decisions.
The impact and severity of disruptions depends on both locational vulnerability and organizational adaptability.

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Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis

This book by Anthony Boardman et al. is aheavy read. It is not a book you would want to read from A to Z in order to understand Cost-Benefit Analysis or CBA, but it is one of the better reference books I have found. The only downside I found was a very theoretical approach and lack of really useful examples.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis – an essay about valuation problems

Reliability and vulnerability are important elements in ensuring a smooth 24/7 operation of transportation networks, road networks in particular, and cost-benefit analyses of transportation projects should take this into account. One way of doing this is to say that investments in improved reliability constitute a cost and thereby saved disruption costs constitute a benefit.

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