An application of computer technology to facilitate strategic planning of highways in the United States
by Peter B. Barr, J. Dale Molander, Dinesh S. Dave
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT), Vol. 6, No. 1, 1993

Abstract: Simulation models have been used successfully at all levels of decision-making, including strategic business planning. Computer simulation is an important tool in the decision-making process because it can be used to model and analyse an extremely wide variety of practical situations that cannot be approached by other types of economic and/or management science models. The focus of the present paper is to demonstrate the viable approach of simulations to measure the impact on retail sales of changes in the flow of traffic resulting from a new by-pass. Further, the simulation model is then used to assess the economic impact of changes in the flow of traffic prior to committing funds for a new road-building programme.

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