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Modern Trends in Traffic Engineering
FAST-CM55Acad. year: 2011/2012
Traffic flow and its characteristics, up to date traffic flow models, simulations. Objectives, means and methods of transport planning. New traffic flow control technolgies, information distribution in traffic systems - intelligent transport systems, telematics.
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2. Traffic flow theory, conservation law, fundamental diagrams
3. Macrosopic models of traffic flow
4. Microsopic models of traffic flow
5. Celular automata for traffic flow modelling
6. Car following models
7. Analogue simulation of traffic flow
8. Sensitivity of the model to parameter variance
9. Different versions of model, influence on traffic flow characteristics
10. Logistics and its development, concept and scientific principles
11. Logistic methods, technologies and realtionships
12. Information systems, information propagation in traffic systems
13. Telematic aplications, influence to traffic flow
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