Transportation Flow Systems

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	SUPPORTING FILES
1	Introduction (PDF) Cumulative Plots and Time-Space Diagrams (PDF)	Cumulative Diagrams: An Example (PDF) Cumulative Diagrams: Figures (PDF)
2	Modeling Air Traffic Flows (PDF)	Example for Lecture (XLS)
3	Modeling Road Traffic Flown on a Link (PDF)	Data (XLS) Car Following Models (PDF)
4	Introduction to Network Models and Shortest Paths (PDF)
5	Assignment on Traffic Networks (PDF)
6	Introduction to Optimization (PDF)
7	Freeway Traffic Control: Pre-timed, Coordinated Ramp Metering (PDF)
8	Delays in Probabilistic Models: Elements from Queueing Theory (PDF)	Example for Lecture (PDF)
9	Simulation Models (PDF)	Queueing Simulation (XLS) Queue SimVar Reduct (XLS) Queue 1 (XLS) Queue 2 (XLS)
10	Control of Isolated Traffic Signals (PDF)
11	Traffic Flow Models, and Traffic Flow Management in Road Networks (PDF)	Shortest Paths from Node 2 to All Nodes (PDF)
12	Traffic Flow Wrap-up (PDF)
13	Wrap-up (PDF)