Optimization algorithm for designing vertical alignments of highways / Zahriani Mastam

Economic considerations are one of the most important design controls in highways
project. Meanwhile, computerized highway optimization models can seek optimized
horizontal and vertical alignments by minimizing aspects of total cost. Since the
economic considerations become important part, cut and fill balance should be
considered by minimizing earthworks which apparently may decrease the
construction costs. This study describes the ability of dynamic programming for
vertical alignment optimization of a highway. The results of this study proved that
the dynamic algorithm can be applied in the optimization of vertical alignments road
design.