1.225J | Fall 2002 | Graduate

Transportation Flow Systems

Readings

Students enrolled in 1.225J were able to purchase a ‘course reader’ containing the required readings listed below.  Additional reference texts were put on reserve at MIT’s libraries.

Contents of Course Reader

LEC # / REC # TOPICS READINGS
  Part I: Traffic Flow Modeling  
L1 Introduction 
Cumulative Plots
Daganzo, C. F. Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations. Chapters 1 and 2. Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Pp. 11-20 and 25-29.
L2 Airport Runway Capacity Odoni, A. R., J. M. Rousseau, and N. H. M. Wilson. “Models in Urban and Air Transportation.” Chapter 5 in Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Volume 6 Operations Research and the Public Sector. Edited by S. M. Pollock, M. H. Rothkopf, and A. Barnett. North-Holland Press-Elsevier Science B. V., 1994. Pp. 107-128. (Except subsection 2.4)
L3 Modeling Road Traffic

Gabard, J. F. “Car-Following Models.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic & Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 65-68.

Daganzo, C. F. “Fundamental Diagrams.” In Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations. Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Pp. 80-93.

Cohen, S. “Flow Variables.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic & Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. P. 142.

R1 Recitation 1  
L4 Network Model and Shortest Paths

Sheffi, Y. Urban Transportation Networks. Prentice-Hall, 1985. Chapter 1. Subsection 1.20.

Larson, R. C., and A. R. Odoni. Urban Operations Research. Prentice-Hall, 1981. Chapter 6. Pp. 359-379.

Burkard, R. E. “Shortest Path Algorithms.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 461-468.

L5 Traffic Assignment

Sheffi, Y. Urban Transportation Networks. Prentice-Hall, 1985. Chapter 1. Pp. 2-26. (Except transit related materials)

Daganzo, C. F. “Equilibrium Analysis.” Chapter 5 in Fundamentals of Transportation and Traflic Operations. Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Pp. 198-209.

R2 Recitation 2  
L6 Introduction to Optimization Daganzo, C. F. _Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations._Pergamon Press-Elsevier Science, 1997. Chapter 3. Pp. 47-65.
  Part II: Traffic Flow Operations  
L7 Highway Control: Ramp Metering

Wattleworth, J. A. “Peak-Period Analysis and Control of a Freeway System.” Highway Research Record (1967): 1-10.

Papageorgiou, M. “A New Approach to Time-of-Day Control Based on a Dynamic Freeway Traffic Model.” Transportation Research 14B (1980): 349-360.

Makigami, Y. “On-Ramp Control: Coordinated Time-of-Day Strategies.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 285-289.

L8 Queuing Theory Hillier F. M., and G. J. Lieberman. “Queueing Theory.” Chapter 15 in Introduction to Operations Research. McGraw-Hill, 1995. Pp. 661-732.
R3 Recitation 3  
L9 Simulation Models Hillier F. M., and G. J. Lieberman. “Simulation.” Chapter 21 in Introduction to Operations Research. McGraw-Hill, 1995. Pp. 900-934.
L10 Control of Isolated Signals Webster, F. V. “Traffic Signal Settings.” Road Research Technical Paper No. 39. Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London. 1958. Pp. 1-24.
R4 Recitation 4  
L11 Operational Problems in Traffic Systems

Odoni, A. R. “Issues in Air Traffic Flow Management.”

Barcelo, J. “Traffic Management Systems.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 541-550.

Stathopoulos, A. “Route Guidance, Collective.’’ In Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic and Transportation Systems. Edited by M. Papageorgiou. Pergamon Press, 1991. Pp. 412-416.

L12 Air Traffic Operation Problems  
L13 Wrap-up Lecture 
Quiz Review
 
  Quiz  

Additional Reference Texts

Daganzo, Carlos F. Logistics Systems Analysis. Springer-Verlag, 1991.

Watson, H. Computer Simulation in Business. John Wiley & Sons, 1981.

Nersesian, R., and G. Boyd Swartz. Computer Simulation in Logistics. Quorum Books, 1996.

Smith, J. U. M. Computer Simulation Models. Griffin & Co. 1968.

Highway Capacity Manual. Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1985.