Instructor information
Module leader: Prof. Gaetano Fusco
Course information
ECTS: 12 credits
Status: Compulsory
Semester: 1-2
Hours: 60/36 (lectures/exercises)
Link: course page
Objectives
Objectives of the course is to provide students with the following skills:
- Learn theoretical principles of road traffic and functional principles of applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Learn technical characteristics of single components of ITS
- Be skilled at methods for analysis and design of road traffic control and applications of ITS
Syllabus outline
- Part One: Fundamentals - Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems - Fundamentals of Traffic Flow Theory - Fundamentals of Automatic Control - Network Modeling and Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Part Two: Technologies - Traffic Monitoring Technologies - Vehicle Navigation Technologies - Software for Intelligent Transportation Systems Design
- Part Three: Applications - Design of Traffic Signal Operation - Dynamic Traveler Information Systems - Dynamic Traffic and Transit Management Systems
- Students’ Project - Project Description - Project Data
Essential reading list
- Lawrence A. Klein (2001). Sensor Technologies and Data Requirements for ITS. Artech House.
- Yilin Zhao (1997). Vehicle Location and Navigation Systems. Artech House.
- US Federal Highway Administration (1996). Traffic Flow Theory. Chapters 2, 4, 8, 9.
- US Federal Highway Administration (2010). Highway Capacity Manual.
- Federal Highway Administration: Traffic Signal Timing Manual
- Transportation Research Board. 75 Years of the Fundamental Diagram for Traffic Flow Theory* * Additional readings