Transport science and technology

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Transportation Science and Technology Congress (TRANSTEC)
Other Authors Goulias, Konstadinos G.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
Edition1st ed.
Subjects
Transportation > Research > Congresses.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080467542
9780080447070
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xi, 496 pages : illustrations, maps)

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Group Photograph
  • Part 1 The Wide Spectrum of Transport Science and Technology
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to Science, Technology, and Transport Systems
  • Introduction
  • Book organization
  • Chapter 2 Highway Capacity Analysis in the U.S.: State of the Art and Future Directions
  • Introduction
  • The HCM 2000 contents
  • Shortcomings of the HCM 2000
  • Highlights and shortcomings of freeway analysis methods
  • Future directions in highway capacity analysis
  • Summary and conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Emerging Simulation-Based Methods
  • Introduction
  • Background for generation of alternative sequences
  • Evaluation framework
  • Computational results
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Computational Intelligence in Transportation: Short User-Oriented Guide
  • Introduction
  • Overview of methods
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Development of High Performance and Innovative Infrastructure Materials
  • -Introduction
  • Impetus for innovative and high performance materials
  • Challengies of innovative and high performance materials
  • Current and future trends
  • References
  • Part 2 Hellenic Transport Systems and the Olympics
  • Chapter 6 Transport Policy and Research Issues in Greece and the EU: Current Facts, Prospects and Priorities
  • Introduction and basic facts
  • Basic statistics on research and innovation in Greece
  • The position of Greece in the European research and innovation scoreboard
  • The organisation of research funding in Greece
  • Transport policies in Greece and the EU
  • The hellenic institute of transport
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Planning Athens Transportation for the Olympic Games and a First Evaluation of Results
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Candidacy files
  • Olympic transport strategic and operation plans
  • Computations, functional design of accesses and traffic management
  • Athens traffic management studies
  • Olympic road projects
  • -Public transport
  • Signing
  • Signalization and traffic control centres
  • Public awareness
  • Weaknesses and related problems during preparation
  • Exploitation of Olympic legacy
  • An evaluation of results
  • References
  • Chapter 8 'Eye in the Sky Project': Intelligent Transport Infrastructure for Supporting Traffic Monitoring and Mobility Information
  • Introduction
  • Objectives
  • General technical approach
  • Analytical technical approach
  • System's components
  • Expected achievements/impact
  • List of participants
  • Chapter 9 ITS Applications at Egnatia Odos Polimilos
  • Veria Highway Section
  • Introduction
  • Description of Egnatia highway
  • ITS Architecture Design for Egnatia Odos
  • Description of the Egnatia highway section Polimilos-Veria
  • ITS applications and challenges at Polimilos-Veria section
  • ITS system integration for Polymylos
  • Veria
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 3 Systemic and Systematic Approaches to HumanPerformance and Behavior
  • -Chapter 10 Problems of Attention Decreases of Human System Operators
  • Introduction
  • The stimuli, interacting with car-driver
  • Reliability aspects
  • Open problems
  • References
  • Chapter 11 Can Creativity be Reliable?
  • Why is creativity significant component of transportation processes analysis?
  • Creativity i.

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