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. 2022 Oct 6;17(10):e0275678.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275678. eCollection 2022.

Research on urban path selection of construction vehicles based on bi-objective optimization

Mengkai Liu  1 , Zepeng Xu  1
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Research on urban path selection of construction vehicles based on bi-objective optimization

Mengkai Liu et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

With the implementation of urban central rail transit and old city reconstruction projects, construction vehicles frequently enter and depart the urban area. And because of its large volume and other characteristics, it increases the risk probability and severity of urban traffic accidents. This study takes the transportation path selection of construction vehicles as the breakthrough point, weighs the transportation efficiency and safety of construction vehicles, establishes a bi-objective optimization model, involving constraints such as height limit, weight limit, speed limit, direction limit and traffic limit and uses genetic algorithm to solve it. Finally, through case analysis, the user preference is adjusted to conduct functional test and description of the model. The results indicate that the model has the function of transportation vehicle path optimization. In the meantime, compared with the safest route, the time-consuming of the optimal route decreases by 16% and the risk increases by 7.4%, while the time-consuming of it increases by 5% and the risk decreases by 15.4% compared with the shortest route. Moreover, the corresponding coefficients of time-consuming and safety preference can reach about 0.65, and the relevant stakeholders have high acceptance of the route. Further improvement of construction vehicle management mechanism based on path optimization is one of the limited ways to effectively improve the current situation of construction vehicle management.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Constraint conditions.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Simulated path.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Solving steps.
Fig 4
Fig 4. Case road network scope.
Fig 5
Fig 5. Time-consuming shortest route.
Fig 6
Fig 6. Comparison graph of objective function change.
Fig 7
Fig 7. Route comparison chart.
Fig 8
Fig 8. Management mechanism of transportation route.
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