In selecting sites for facilities, especially in the public sector, the issue of equity is becoming
increasingly important. Beginning with the work of Mumphreys et al.(1971), McAllister …

Publisher Summary According to the US Department of Transportation (US DOT), a
hazardous material is defined as any substance or material capable of causing harm to …

This book has arisen out of a conference on Applied Decision Technologies (ADT95) run by
UNICOM Seminars and held in London in April 1995. There are eighteen research papers …

After more than 10 years from the first edition of this book, the need for multi-objective
optimization models in freight logistics is still growing. Companies engineer always more …

In this work we consider the following hazmat transportation network design problem. A
given set of hazmat shipments has to be shipped over a road transportation network in order …

The paper presents a structured overview of the literature on the hazardous material
(hazmat) transportation problem of the last 45 years. Additionally, a detailed classification for …

This paper provides a comprehensive review in the domain of hazardous material
transportation from an Operational Research point of view. The paper's focus lies on hazmat …

In recent years there has been increased public and governmental concern regarding
hazardous materials management, and a concomitant increase in activities associated with …

In the field of high-value shipment transportation, companies are faced to the malevolence
problem. The risk of ambush increases with the predictability of vehicle routes. This paper …

Operations research has had a long and distinguished history of work in emergency
preparedness and response, airline security, transportation of hazardous materials, and …