Transportation Flow Systems

There is no textbook that completely covers the material of the subject. Additional materials will be given out in class.

LEC # / REC #: L1 · TOPICS: Introduction Cumulative Plots · READINGS: Daganzo, C. F. Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations. Chapters 1 and 2. Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Pp. 11-20 and 25-29.

LEC # / REC #: L2 · TOPICS: Airport Runway Capacity · READINGS: Odoni, A. R., J. M. Rousseau, and N. H. M. Wilson. “Models in Urban and Air Transportation.” Chapter 5 in Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Volume 6 Operations Research and the Public Sector. Edited by S. M. Pollock, M. H. Rothkopf, and A. Barnett. North-Holland Press-Elsevier Science B. V., 1994. Pp. 107-128. (Except subsection 2.4)

Gabard, J. F. “Car-Following Models.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic & Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 65-68.

Daganzo, C. F. “Fundamental Diagrams.” In Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations. Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Pp. 80-93.

Cohen, S. “Flow Variables.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic & Transportation Systems . Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. P. 142.

Sheffi, Y. Urban Transportation Networks. Prentice-Hall, 1985. Chapter 1. Subsection 1.20.

Larson, R. C., and A. R. Odoni. Urban Operations Research. Prentice-Hall, 1981. Chapter 6. Pp. 359-379.

Burkard, R. E. “Shortest Path Algorithms.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 461-468.

Sheffi, Y. Urban Transportation Networks. Prentice-Hall, 1985. Chapter 1. Pp. 2-26. (Except transit related materials)

Daganzo, C. F. “Equilibrium Analysis.” Chapter 5 in Fundamentals of Transportation and Traflic Operations. Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Pp. 198-209.

LEC # / REC #: L6 · TOPICS: Introduction to Optimization · READINGS: Daganzo, C. F. _Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations._Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Chapter 3. Pp. 47-65.

Wattleworth, J. A. “Peak-Period Analysis and Control of a Freeway System.” Highway Research Record (1967): 1-10.

Papageorgiou, M. “A New Approach to Time-of-Day Control Based on a Dynamic Freeway Traffic Model.” Transportation Research 14B (1980): 349-360.

Makigami, Y. “On-Ramp Control: Coordinated Time-of-Day Strategies.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 285-289.

LEC # / REC #: L8 · TOPICS: Queuing Theory · READINGS: Hillier F. M., and G. J. Lieberman. “Queueing Theory.” Chapter 15 in Introduction to Operations Research. McGraw-Hill, 1995. Pp. 661-732.

LEC # / REC #: L9 · TOPICS: Simulation Models · READINGS: Hillier F. M., and G. J. Lieberman. “Simulation.” Chapter 21 in Introduction to Operations Research. McGraw-Hill, 1995. Pp. 900-934.

LEC # / REC #: L10 · TOPICS: Control of Isolated Signals · READINGS: Webster, F. V. “Traffic Signal Settings.” Road Research Technical Paper No. 39. Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London. 1958. Pp. 1-24.

Barcelo, J. “Traffic Management Systems.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 541-550.

Stathopoulos, A. “Route Guidance, Collective.’’ In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 412-416.

Daganzo, Carlos F. Logistics Systems Analysis . Springer-Verlag, 1991.

Watson, H. Computer Simulation in Business. John Wiley & Sons, 1981.

Nersesian, R., and G. Boyd Swartz. Computer Simulation in Logistics. Quorum Books, 1996.

Smith, J. U. M. Computer Simulation Models. Griffin & Co. 1968.

Highway Capacity Manual. Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1985.