TY - JOUR
T1 - Context-sensitive approach for network selection of infrastructure projects
AU - Cafiso, Salvatore
AU - Di Graziano, Alessandro
AU - Stamatiadis, Nikiforos
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) aim to provide a systematic, comprehensive approach to project development from inception and planning through operation and maintenance. The goal is a procedure that provides an outcome that harmonizes transportation requirements with community needs and values. Multicriteria analysis can assist in the assessment of competing needs and provide a systematic approach to evaluation of the options. The CSS approach and multicriteria analysis were merged in an implemented procedure to select the most effective investment projects for solving a classical multiobjective optimization problem under budget constraints. The potential of this procedure was explored, and the steps required to evaluate this concept were identified. A case study was used to demonstrate the process and to identify future steps to ensure widespread application of the process.
AB - Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) aim to provide a systematic, comprehensive approach to project development from inception and planning through operation and maintenance. The goal is a procedure that provides an outcome that harmonizes transportation requirements with community needs and values. Multicriteria analysis can assist in the assessment of competing needs and provide a systematic approach to evaluation of the options. The CSS approach and multicriteria analysis were merged in an implemented procedure to select the most effective investment projects for solving a classical multiobjective optimization problem under budget constraints. The potential of this procedure was explored, and the steps required to evaluate this concept were identified. A case study was used to demonstrate the process and to identify future steps to ensure widespread application of the process.
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U2 - 10.3141/2358-07
DO - 10.3141/2358-07
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887451196
SN - 0361-1981
SP - 59
EP - 65
JO - Transportation Research Record
JF - Transportation Research Record
IS - 2358
ER -