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help further develop this field of knowledge.
A strongly recommended starting point is to invest in research regarding the
ideas presented in chapter eight where investigation of optimal cordon design on
aggregated networks seems very promising. A second topic is to figure out how
to model and optimize road charging schemes in areas like the West Midlands
where a cordon may not be optimal.
In parallel, a project that looks into ideas of designing a better search algorithm
then the GA could be started, see chapter six. This together with an aggregation
algorithm could lead to incredibly fast and reliable solutions.
There is nothing to say that different and further approaches should not be
looked into and tried. It might be that faster and more suitable assignment
algorithms can be found compared to those used by SATURN and that this in
itself could solve the problem. Perhaps a single algorithm that optimizes the
cordon design while it performs assignment iterations could be constructed using
a more crude or relaxed model that still generates satisfactory result.
There is much still to be learnt and further research is of the essence. In my
opinion however it would be advisable to start with the ideas presented in chapter
eight and to immediately start planning and budgeting for the necessary
resources needed to get this off the ground.
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