Course Content
- Introduce the framework of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and the functions of the ITS sub-systems
- Discuss the techniques and analytical tools in ITS, including GPS, digital map, wireless communication, bus arrival time prediction, transfer information etc
- Discuss how to design an ITS system for users’ requirement
- Discuss the technologies of cloud computing and internet of things, and its applications in traffic and transportation problems
- Introduce the basic concept and framework of traffic control
- Discuss how to collect traffic data for analysis
- Discuss the design of traffic signal for urban arterials and networks
- Introduce the simulation software for traffic control
- Transportation network problems: trip generation, demand matrix estimation, traffic assignment, network design (with traffic signal, arterial, road expansion etc.)
- Introduction to related model development in transportation network
- Problem formulation in mathematical model