Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations / Edition 1

by Carlos F. Daganzo

Overview

The basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field that should be understood by every transportation professional are presented here in a thorough, coherent, and self-contained way. Introductory chapters on "tools" cover topics such as graphical methods, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics and simulation; these are complemented by application chapters on traffic dynamics, control, observation, and scheduled modes, where the fundamental ideas are presented in depth. A key element of the author's approach is that only that material is presented which is definitely known and correct. At the same time, an effort has been made to point out various pitfalls and common errors so that they can be avoided. The result is an invaluable source of reliable, well grounded and clearly explained ideas, tools and techniques for the transportation professional.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080427850
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	09/12/1997
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
The Time-Space Diagram
Cumulative Plots
Optimization
Traffic Flow Theory
Control
Observation and Measurement
Scheduled Transportation Systems 
References