A review of alignment optimization research for roads, railways and rail transit lines

T Song, P Schonfeld, H Pu - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Roads, railways and rail transit lines play major roles in transporting passengers and freight.
In the design process for such transportation infrastructures, the alignment determination …

A bi-objective optimization framework for three-dimensional road alignment design

D Hirpa, W Hare, Y Lucet, Y Pushak… - … Research Part C …, 2016 - Elsevier
Optimization of three-dimensional road alignments is a nonlinear non-convex optimization
problem. The development of models that fully optimize a three-dimensional road alignment …

Multi-objective highway alignment optimization incorporating preference information

N Yang, MW Kang, P Schonfeld, MK Jha - Transportation Research Part C …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a GIS-based multi-objective optimization model, particularly designed to
aid highway engineers and planners in proposing competitive highway alignment …

Optimizing net present values of risk avoidance for mountain railway alignments with seismic performance evaluation

T Song, H Pu, TY Yang, P Schonfeld… - Computer‐Aided Civil …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Railway alignment optimization in earthquake‐prone mountainous (EPM) regions should
quantify and trade off construction investments and seismic risks. Unfortunately, slight …

Forest road profile optimization using meta-heuristic techniques

R Babapour, R Naghdi, I Ghajar, Z Mortazavi - Applied Soft Computing, 2018 - Elsevier
An optimal design of vertical alignment, considering the design constraints and costs is one
of the most complicated problems of road planning and construction. The results of many …

Multi‐objective highway alignment optimization using a genetic algorithm

A Maji, MK Jha - Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The available highway alignment optimization algorithms use the total cost as the objective
function. This is a single objective optimization process. In this process, travel‐time, vehicle …

[PDF][PDF] List of references on evolutionary multiobjective optimization

CAC Coello - URL< http://www. lania. mx/~ ccoello/EMOO …, 2010 - delta.cs.cinvestav.mx
List of References on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Page 1 List of References on
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Carlos A. Coello Coello ccoello@cs.cinvestav.mx …

Fuzzy AHP-based multi-criteria decision-making analysis for route alignment planning using geographic information system (GIS)

MP Singh, P Singh, P Singh - Journal of Geographical Systems, 2019 - Springer
An approach for identifying and selecting the route alignment using GIS and fuzzy AHP is
developed in the present study. Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis is applied to identify …

Multi-criteria GIS modeling for optimum route alignment planning in outer region of Allahabad City, India

MP Singh, P Singh - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2017 - Springer
A route alignment planning has various stages. At different stages, multi-criteria decision
analysis (MCDA) is required. This paper integrates geographical information system (GIS) …

Multi-criteria decision analysis for route alignment planning using geographical information system (GIS) and analytical hierarchy process (AHP)

MP Singh, P Singh, P Singh - Chinese Journal of Urban and …, 2024 - World Scientific
Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) typically involves pairwise comparisons to establish the
relative importance of criteria and alternatives. This study can verify these comparisons …