A Decision Support System for Optimal Depot and Fleet Management
Most departments of transportation (DOTs) have multiple maintenance depots or sheds to provide public services such as winter snow removal, roadway striping, mowing, and herbicide application. The location of these sites has typically been based on geographical dispersion to provide the best coverage from a distance perspective. Each depot has a fleet of trucks to cover an assigned service sector. The location of depots as well as the fleet assignment is usually determined by the managers and engineers based on their experience, not on scientific evaluation processes. This research proposes, through systems analysis, to design a decision support system that provides DOT decision makers with efficient management tools for depot location and fleet assignment operations.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
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Sponsor Organizations:
Missouri Department of Transportation
1617 Missouri Boulevard
P.O. Box 270
Jefferson City, MO United States 65102Midwest Transportation Consortium
Iowa State University
Ames, IA United States 50010-8664 -
Performing Organizations:
Iowa State University, Ames
Institute for Transportation Studies
2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700, Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research (PROSPER)
Ames, IA United States 50010-8864University of Missouri, Columbia
Department of Civil Engineering
Columbia, MO United States 65211 -
Principal Investigators:
Jang, Wooseung
- Start Date: 20070301
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20080228
- Source Data: RiP Project 14344
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Maintenance; Maintenance facilities; Maintenance management; Research projects; Snow removal; Winter maintenance
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01462808
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Consortium
- Files: UTC, RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:10PM