Collection(s) : Engineering Sciences
Paru le 26/09/2009 | Relié XXIII-213 pages
Professionnels
Transport simulation
Beyond traditional approaches
In recent years, the transport simulation of large road networks has become far more rapid and detailed, and many exciting developments in this field have emerged. In this perspective, the authors describe the simulation of automobile, pedestrian and rail traffic, coupled to new applications, such as the embedding of traffic simulation into driving simulators, to give a more realistic environment of driver behavior surrounding the subject vehicle. New approaches to traffic simulation are described, including the hybrid mesoscopic-microscopic model and floor-field agent-based simulation.
The book has been written by an invited panel of experts, thus covering the relevant sub-disciplines, and is addresed to students, engineers, and scholars, as well as those who require a state-of-the-art overview of traffic simulation today.
Edward Chung received his Ph.D. in Traffic Engineering from Monash University, Australia in 1993. From 1994 to 2002, he worked as a senior scientist at ARRB Transport Research and later as manager of infrastructure analysis and modelling at the Victorian Department of Infrastructure in Australia. In 2002, he joined the Centre for Collaborative Research of the University of Tokyo as Visiting Professor and was appointed to Adjunct Professor at Collaborative Research Centre for Advanced Mobility (ITS Centre), University of Tokyo in 2005. At present, Dr. Chung works in the Traffic Facilities Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL).
Andre-Gilles Dumont received his Diploma as Civil Engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 1977. In 1991 he was appointed Professor of Civil Engineering at EPFL where he directed the Laboratory of Traffic Facilities. He teaches and conducts research in three domains : road design and telematics, pavement design and road maintenance.
