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Value-at-Risk and Conditional Value-at-Risk Minimization for Hazardous Materials Routing

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This chapter provides fundamentals of value-at-risk and conditional value-at-risk models applied to routing problems in hazardous materials transportation.

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  1. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Bell Hall 339A, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA

    Iakovos Toumazis

  2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Bell Hall 318, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA

    Changhyun Kwon

  3. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Bell Hall 410, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA

    Rajan Batta

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    Rajan Batta

  2. The State University of New York, ISE Department, University at Buffalo, Bell Hall 400, Buffalo, 14260, New York, USA

    Changhyun Kwon

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Toumazis, I., Kwon, C., Batta, R. (2013). Value-at-Risk and Conditional Value-at-Risk Minimization for Hazardous Materials Routing. In: Batta, R., Kwon, C. (eds) Handbook of OR/MS Models in Hazardous Materials Transportation. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 193. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6794-6_5

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