| Overview | MSc info | MSc program | MSc topics | ET | TN | WBMT |
| CIE5804-09: | Innovations in Dynamic Traffic Management |
| ECTS: | 4 |
| Responsible Instructor: | Dr.ir. J.W.C. van Lint |
| Contact Hours / Week x/x/x/x: | 0/0/0/4 |
| Education Period: | 2, 4 |
| Start Education: | 2, 4 |
| Exam Period: | 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Course Language: | English |
| Expected prior knowledge: | CIE5804 uses CIE4801 CIE5804 uses CIE4821 |
| Course Contents: | Note on beforehand: this course will be given TWICE in 2011/12. The regular course is scheduled in Q4, but this year an extra (compact) version will be given in Q2 as a courtesy for students who planned to follow the course but cannot attend in Q4 due to the planning of their Msc thesis. Note that there in Q2 only a few lectures will be scheduled – these will be announced via BB only! Below follow two descriptions of the NEW and “OLD” course. Although these descriptions appear different, the underlying material is largely the same. The differences lie in the order in which the material is presented and the applications used to illustrate the concepts NEW course (Q4 2012) This course overviews innovations in dynamic (network) traffic management, and particularly in the application of integrated and coordinated traffic management in networks. How we can we control and manage the operations in traffic networks to mitigate the large economical and environmental problems that result from congestion and gridlock? The course contains the following components (1) The dynamics of network traffic operations, underlying causes (capacity drop, spillback, selfish route choice behavior) and why traffic management is essential to resolve these problems (2) Dutch and international traffic management policies and practices: the GGB(+) approach, and how it fits in the larger context of ITS (intelligent transportation systems) (3) System response to traffic (and demand) management in terms of people, planet and profit: efficiency versus robustness and reliability and how we can assess these ex ante and ex post (4) Traffic management as a control process: basic theory and principles (this component is also part of CIE4822) (5) Traffic monitoring and traffic state estimation / prediction (6) Traffic management as a control process: application examples (dynamic speed limits and route guidance) (7) Integrated network management design principles (8) Integrated network management applications (including assignment) OLD course (Q2 2011) This course overviews innovations in dynamic (network) traffic management, and will focus on the application of Intelligent Transport Systems (Services) - ITS - for road transport networks. The course has three main content components: general material, material focused on methodological aspects and material which illustrates these concepts by concrete applications and case studies of ITS General: - State of the art ITS for road transport - System response to ITS (people, planet, profit) - Use and validity of simulation models for ex ante assessment of ITS - Sustainable network traffic management, the "GGB" approach, i.e. the Dutch planning and design methodology for ITS and network (traffic) management Methodological: - ITS as a control process - Traffic monitoring, traffic state estimation prediction Applications: - Advanced traveler information systems (ATIS) - Advanced (network) traffic management (ATMS) - Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) |
| Study Goals: | Again here we differentiate between the new (Q4) and old (Q2) course NEW course (Q4) The goal of the course is to learn why and how traffic management is conditional to the efficient operations of traffic in networks and to apply this knowledge in the design of an integrated network management plan for a concrete traffic network. Specifically: - Students learn the dynamics of network traffic operations (network fundamental diagram) and their underlying causes (spillback, capacity drop, user optimal routing) - Students learn the trade off between efficiency and reliability and the underlying causes (stochasticity in demand and supply) - Students learn the basic principles (do’s and don’ts) of assessing traffic management measures both ex ante and ex post - Students learn how to view traffic management as a control process and become familiar with the basic terminology of control theory (Note: TIL students can get more in depth knowledge of control theory in other courses within specialization O, T&P (& TIL) students can also follow CIE4822) - Students become familiar with the ingredients and workings of advanced traffic management: monitoring, state estimation and prediction and optimization of control algorithms and learn to apply these through concrete examples - Students learn how to design an integrated network management plan for a concrete case OLD course (Q2) The goal of the course is to learn how Intelligent Transportation Systems (Services) - ITS - affects traffic flow operations on road transport networks in terms of amongst other things efficiency and reliability of road transport infrastructure. Specifically: - Students learn how to classify different ITS and identify the main (methodological and technical) characteristics of these (different categories of) ITS. - students learn - through examples - how these ITS work in practice, what are the main components and systems involved and needed for their operation. - Students learn which effects these different categories of ITS may have on road transport systems in terms of traffic flow operations, the environment, reliability, route choice or otherwise. - Students learn which simulation models and tools are appropriate and valid for the planning and ex ante evaluation of these different categories of ITS. - Students learn how ITS must be viewed and understood as a control system and learn the basics of control theory applied to ITS - Students learn - through an exercise - how to asses an example ITS system quantitatively, and learn to write a (brief) scientific report discussing these results. |
| Education Method: | lectures individual (or group) excercises |
| Literature and Study Materials: | syllabus: Innovations in Dynamic Traffic Management, available ONLY via Blackboard. |
| Assessment: | Written exam Report exercise |
| Judgement: | Written exam (67%) and report excercise (33%), both should be > 5. Note: for the OLD course (Q2): If students fail the offered written exam in Januari there is a possibility for an oral exam in FEb/March 2012. |
