Handbook of Transportation Science by Randolph Hall (English) Paperback Book

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The purpose of this handbook is to define transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends transportation technology and methods. The science of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the behavior of another.

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Over the past thirty-five years, a tremendous body of both theoretical and empirical research has been established on the `science of transportation'. The Handbook of Transportation Science has collected and synthesized this research into a systematic treatment of this field covering its fundamental concepts, methods, and principles. The purpose of this handbook is to define transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends transportation technology and methods. Whether by car, truck, airplane - or by a mode of transportation that has not yet been conceived - transportation obeys fundamental properties. The science of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the behavior of another. Transportation scientists are motivated by the desire to explain spatial interactions that result in movement of people or objects from place to place. Its methodologies draw from physics, operations research, probability and control theory. It is fundamentally a quantitative discipline, relying on mathematical models and optimization algorithms to explain the phenomena of transportation. The fourteen chapters in the handbook are written by the leading researchers in transportation science in an effort to define and categorize for the first time the scientific nature and state of the art of the field. As such, it is directed to the broader research community, transportation practitioners, and future transportation scientists.

Table of Contents

1 Transportation Science.- Human Elements in Transportation.- 2 Discrete Choice Methods and Their Application to Short Term Travel Decisions.- 3 Activity-Based Modeling of Travel Demand.- 4 Transportation Safety.- Flows and Congestion.- 5 Transportation Queueing.- 6 Traffic Flow and Capacity.- 7 Automated Vehicle Control.- 8 Traffic Control.- Spatial Models.- 9 Continuous Space Modeling.- 10 Location Models in Transportation.- Routing and Network Models.- 11 Network Equilibrium and Pricing.- 12 Street Routing and Scheduling Problems.- 13 Long-haul Freight Transportation.- 14 Crew Scheduling.- Biographies.

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Over the past thirty-five years, a tremendous body of both theoretical and empirical research has been established on the 'science of transportation'. The Handbook of Transportation Science has collected and synthesized this research into a systematic treatment of this field covering its fundamental concepts, methods, and principles. The purpose of this handbook is to define transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends transportation technology and methods. Whether by car, truck, airplane - or by a mode of transportation that has not yet been conceived - transportation obeys fundamental properties. The science of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the behavior of another. Transportation scientists are motivated by the desire to explain spatial interactions that result in movement of people or objects from place to place. Its methodologies draw from physics, operations research, probability and control theory. It is fundamentally a quantitative discipline, relying on mathematical models and optimization algorithms to explain the phenomena of transportation. The fourteen chapters in the handbook are written by the leading researchers in transportation science in an effort to define and categorize for the first time the scientific nature and state of the art of the field. As such, it is directed to the broader research community, transportation practitioners, and future transportation scientists.

Details ISBN1461373700 Language English Edition 99199th ISBN-10 1461373700 ISBN-13 9781461373704 Short Title HANDBK OF TRANSPORTATION SCIEN Series International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Media Book DEWEY 338.6 Series Number 23 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-11-26 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Illustrations VII, 532 p. AU Release Date 2012-11-26 NZ Release Date 2012-11-26 US Release Date 2012-11-26 UK Release Date 2012-11-26 Author Randolph Hall Pages 532 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999 Format Paperback Alternative 9780792385875 Edited by Randolph Hall Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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