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Article

Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Vertical Alignment of Highways

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Ege University, Department of Civil Engineering, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, 34469, Ayazaga, Istanbul, Turkey
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Math. Comput. Appl. 2005, 10(3), 341-350; https://doi.org/10.3390/mca10030341
Published: 1 December 2005

Abstract

In all design criteria, earthwork optimization is essential for the determination of optimal vertical alignment of a highway project. Actually, there can be numerous grade line alternatives for given ground elevations; thus, the objective is to find out the optimal vertical alignment causing the minimum cost considering several design constraints. Basically, this is a constrained nonlinear optimization problem, which can be solved by a multistage optimization technique. This article introduces a methodology for the vertical alignment optimization of a highway using dynamic programming approach. Results indicated that the introduced algorithm can be used successfully in the optimization of vertical highway alignment.
Keywords: vertical alignment; earthwork; least-square; dynamic programming vertical alignment; earthwork; least-square; dynamic programming

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Goktepe, A.B.; Lav, A.H.; Altun, S. Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Vertical Alignment of Highways. Math. Comput. Appl. 2005, 10, 341-350. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca10030341

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Goktepe AB, Lav AH, Altun S. Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Vertical Alignment of Highways. Mathematical and Computational Applications. 2005; 10(3):341-350. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca10030341

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Goktepe, A. Burak, A. Hilmi Lav, and Selim Altun. 2005. "Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Vertical Alignment of Highways" Mathematical and Computational Applications 10, no. 3: 341-350. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca10030341

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