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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Traffic Flow Modelling

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 227-0302/01
Abbreviation MDPr
Course title Traffic Flow Modelling
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic characteristics of traffic flow
Maesuring of speed and composition of traffic flow
Determination of the column
Determination of the distance of vehicles
Measuring time delays
Modelling traffic flows in a specialized software
Traffic-engineering project

Literature

1. Ben-Akiva, M. and S. Lerman. Discrete Choice Analysis, MIT Press, 1985.
2. Kahneman, D. and A. Tversky (ed.) Choices, Values, and Frames, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
3. Meyer, M. and E. Miller. Urban Transportation Planning. McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Advised literature

1. Rudin-Brown, Ch.M.; Jamson, S.L.: Behavioural Adaptation and Road Safety – Theory, Evidence and Action. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4398-5667-3
2. Kutz, M.: Handbook of Transportation Engineering. 2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161492-4
3. Ben-Akiva, M; Meersman, H.; Voorde, E.: Freight Transport Modelling. 2013. ISBN 978-1-78190-285-1

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