Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems Functional Design
Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems: Functional Design focuses on the efficient use of resources in the design of ITS. The author discusses the principles of top down design starting with objectives and requirements, and provides guidance for the d
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Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems Functional Design
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Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems
Robert Gordon
Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems Functional Design
Robert L. Gordon, P.E. 36 Stauber Drive Plainview NY 11803 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-0732-5 ISBN 978-1-4419-0733-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0733-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927713 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Preface ..............................................................................................................
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Introduction ...............................................................................................
1
1.1 Purpose of Book................................................................................. 1.2 Development of ITS Design Practices ............................................... 1.3 Summary of Contents and Organization ............................................ References ...................................................................................................
1 2 3 6
Cost Effective Design Processes ...............................................................
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2.1
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Systems Engineering.......................................................................... 2.1.1 Systems Engineering Requirements for Federal Aid Projects ......................................................... 2.1.2 Systems Engineering as a Life Cycle Process........................ 2.1.3 ITS Project Development ....................................................... 2.2 Goals, Objectives and Requirements ................................................. 2.3 Evaluation Methodologies ................................................................. References ...................................................................................................
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Functional ITS Design Issues...................................................................
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3.1
Relationship of ITS Design to General Transportation Planning Principles .................................................... 3.1.1 General Traffic Flow Relationships .............
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