A simulation approach to study emergency response

Henchey, Matthew J.; Batta, Rajan; Blatt, Alan; Flanigan, Marie; Majka, Kevin

doi:10.1057/jos.2013.20

Cited by 10 publications

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“…One such simulation tool currently in development is the Automated Situational Awareness Platform "ASAP" using Arena (essentially it is a simulation capable of modeling vehicular movement throughout a study area and a validation of the emergency vehicle travel times through historical crash response data in an existing traffic network, see Henchey et al (2013). In designing ASAP, a major goal was to address issues associated with the response to highway-related emergencies.…”

Section: Simulation As An Evaluation Toolmentioning

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Applications of Location Analysis

Eiselt¹,

Marianov²

2015

International Series in Operations Research &Amp; Management Science

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Section: Simulation As An Evaluation Toolmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The simulation developed in Henchey et al (2013) consists of three modules. These sensor modules need to reflect the abstract detection model of each sensor.…”

Section: Simulation As An Evaluation Toolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of Location Analysis

Eiselt¹,

Marianov²

2015

International Series in Operations Research &Amp; Management Science

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“…An earlier paper focused its attention on detailing the development of a simulation methodology in order to 'create' an ITS environment for use in studying problems the ASAP hopes to address (Henchey et al, 2013). More specifically, it presented the 'Simulation in ARENA' module, which is part of the approach shown in Figure 1.…”

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“…The results from Huang show that the pre-trip information performs nearly as well as the perfect online information using their routing methodology. Employing the simulation model created previously for the ASAP and presented in Henchey et al (2013), it is possible to study both the shortest time path and VCSP techniques under varying conditions. The remainder of this paper shows the steps taken to simulate a test environment, the experiments conducted using the simulation, the results and outcomes of those experiments.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The transportation network simulation model, developed in ARENA from Rockwell Automation and described in previous work, provides a test bed for studying the Dijkstra-based shortest time path and VCSP techniques (Henchey et al, 2013). The simplified study area, presented in Figure 2, was modelled to create ground truth (using vehicle arrival rates by time of day, signal timing, free-flow travel speeds, etc).…”

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A study of situationally aware routing for emergency responders

Henchey

Batta

Blatt

et al. 2015

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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This paper presents tests conducted on routes determined from a Dijkstra-based shortest path problem and a Variance-Constrained Shortest Path problem under varying conditions of traffic and weather in a simulated 'smart environment'. Utilizing envisioned future advanced transportation systems' real-time information on traffic parameters allows data fusion techniques to provide situation awareness to its users. Taking advantage of this real-time data, the routing methodologies and data capture techniques studied in this paper provides Emergency Medical Services with better routes when responding to a vehicular crash. Comparing the performance of both routing methodologies in terms of both their ability to provide better routes as well as computation times demonstrates two alternatives for aiding in future emergency response.

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