Introduction to Transportation Analysis, Modeling and Simulation

Computational Foundations and Multimodal Applications
2014
ISBN: 978-1-4471-5636-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 343 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 6623 g

Reihe: Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications

This comprehensive textbook/reference provides an in-depth overview of the key aspects of transportation analysis, with an emphasis on modeling real transportation systems and executing the models. Topics and features: presents comprehensive review questions at the end of each chapter, together with detailed case studies, useful links, references and suggestions for further reading; supplies a variety of teaching support materials at the book’s webpage on Springer.com, including a complete set of lecture slides; examines the classification of models used for multimodal transportation systems, and reviews the models and evaluation methods used in transportation planning; explains traffic assignment to road networks, and describes computer simulation integration platforms and their use in the transportation systems sector; provides an overview of transportation simulation tools, and discusses the critical issues in the design, development and use of the simulation models.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Möller, Dietmar P. F.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schroer, Bernard

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Einkauf, Logistik, Supply-Chain-Management
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Modellierung & Simulation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Computational Foundation in Transportation and Transportation Systems Modeling.- Transportation Models.- Traffic Assignment to Transportation Networks.- Integration Framework and Empirical Evaluation.- Simulation Tools in Transportation.- Transportation Use Cases.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar P.F. Möller is a Full Professor in the Institute of Applied Stochastics and Operations Research at Clausthal University of Technology, Germany, a Member of the Simulation Science Center Clausthal-Göttingen, Germany, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.