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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Traffic Flow Modelling

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 227-0302/02
Abbreviation MDPr
Course title Traffic Flow Modelling
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- The first issue of transport modeling - general
- Basic definitions and concepts in the field of microscopic simulations
- Principles speed measurement, incl. demonstrations
- Principles of measurement of the composition of traffic flow, incl. demonstrations
- Issue of movement of the vehicle itself (linear motion, uniform motion, uniformly accelerated and uniformly slow motion)
- Problems of movement of the vehicle itself (uniformly accelerated motion, short stop, stretches with reduced speed, overtaking etc.).
- Issue of the movement of traffic flow (basic definitions and characteristics of selected parameters of traffic flow)
- The issue of movement of traffic flow (the relationship between traffic flow characteristics)
- Principles of measurement of the time delay at the crossroads
- Problems of pedestrians in traffic
- Modeling microscopic simulation models in specialized software - the movement of vehicles
- Modeling microscopic simulation models in specialized software - pedestrians
- Modeling microscopic simulation models in specialized software - interaction movement of vehicles and pedestrians
- Excursion specialized centers

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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