Optimization of waiting time at toll plazas

Authors

Arvind Kumar Busam, Florida International University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

Major/Program

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Major/Program

Industrial and Systems Engineering

First Advisor's Name

Seongmoon Kim

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Chair

Second Advisor's Name

Albert Gan

Third Advisor's Name

Martha A. Centeno

Date of Defense

7-20-2005

Abstract

Toll plazas have several toll payment types such as manual, automatic coin machines, electronic and mixed lanes. In places with high traffic flow, the presence of toll plaza causes a lot of traffic congestion; this creates a bottleneck for the traffic flow, unless the correct mix of payment types is in operation. The objective of this research is to determine the optimal lane configuration for the mix of the methods of payment so that the waiting time in the queue at the toll plaza is minimized. A queuing model representing the toll plaza system and a nonlinear integer program have been developed to determine the optimal mix. The numerical results show that the waiting time can be decreased at the toll plaza by changing the lane configuration. For the case study developed an improvement in the waiting time as high as 96.37 percent was noticed during the morning peak hour.

Identifier

FI14051895

Recommended Citation

Busam, Arvind Kumar, "Optimization of waiting time at toll plazas" (2005). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1898.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1898