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Traffic Modelling

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 227-0455/02
Abbreviation DM
Course title Traffic Modelling
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The first issue of transport modeling, basic definitions and concepts in the field of microscopic simulations
2. Principles speed and composition of traffic flow measurement, incl. demonstrations
3. Issue of movement of the vehicle itself
4. Issue of the movement of traffic flow
5. Principles of measurement of the time delay at the crossroads and problems of pedestrians in traffic
6. Modeling microscopic simulation models in specialized software - the movement of vehicles and pedestrians
7. Modeling microscopic simulation models in specialized software - interaction movement of vehicles and pedestrians
8. Special software for traffic demand modeling, four-stage transport model
9. Traffic surveys for macroscopic traffic models (theory and practical example)
10. Statistical processing of data for macroscopic traffic models (methods)
11. Real traffic survey for traffic model, incl. processing
12. Modelling and presentation of macroscopic model in special simulation software
13. Excursion specialized centers

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270455 Traffic Modelling
https://sites.google.com/site/dopravnimodelovanirpp2020

Literature

- BEN-AKIVA, Moshe E., Hilde MEERSMAN and Eddy VAN DE VOORDE, ed. Freight transport modelling. Bingley: Emerald, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78190-285-1.
- KUTZ, Myer, ed. Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume I, Systems and operations. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161492-4.
- KUTZ, Myer, ed. Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume II, Applications and technologies. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161477-1.

Advised literature

- RUDIN-BROWN, Christina and Samantha JAMSON, ed. Behavioural adaptation and road safety: theory, evidence, and action. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2013. ISBN 978-1-4398-5667-3.
- RODRIGUE, Jean-Paul, Theo NOTTEBOOM and Jon SHAW, ed. The SAGE handbook of transport studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2013. ISBN 978-1-84920-789-8.
- Ben-Akiva, M. and S. Lerman. Discrete Choice Analysis, MIT Press, 1985.
- Kahneman, D. and A. Tversky (ed.) Choices, Values, and Frames, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Meyer, M. and E. Miller. Urban Transportation Planning. McGraw-Hill, 2000.