The mixed evacuation problem

Yosuke Hanawa, Yuya Higashikawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Naoki Katoh, Atsushi Takizawa

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Abstract

A dynamic network introduced by Ford and Fulkerson is a directed graph with capacities and transit times on its arcs. The quickest transshipment problem is one of the most fundamental problems in dynamic networks. In this problem, we are given sources and sinks. Then, the goal of this problem is to find a minimum time limit such that we can send exactly the right amount of flow from sources to sinks. In this paper, we introduce a variant of this problem called the mixed evacuation problem. This problem models an emergent situation in which people can evacuate on foot or by car. The goal is to organize such a mixed evacuation so that an efficient evacuation can be achieved. In this paper, we study this problem from the theoretical and practical viewpoints. In the first part, we prove the polynomial-time solvability of this problem in the case where the number of sources and sinks is not large, and also prove the polynomial-time solvability and computational hardness of its variants with integer constraints. In the second part, we apply our model to the case study of Minabe town in Wakayama prefecture, Japan.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCombinatorial Optimization and Applications - 10th International Conference, COCOA 2016, Proceedings
EditorsMinming Li, Lusheng Wang, T-H. Hubert Chan
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages18-52
Number of pages35
ISBN (Print)9783319487489
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event10th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2016 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: Dec 16 2016Dec 18 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10043 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other10th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period12/16/1612/18/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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