Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods
Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods
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DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4757-6873-2
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发表时间:
2001-02
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
E. Cascetta
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作者:
E. Cascetta
A transportation system can be defined as the combination of elements and their interactions, which produce the demand for travel within a given area and the supply of transportation services to satisfy this demand. This definition is general and flexible enough to be applied to different contexts. The specific structure of the system is defined by the problem itself (or class of problems) for whose solution it is employed.Almost all of the components of a social and economic system in a given geographical area interact with different levels of intensity. However, it is practically impossible to take into account every interacting element to solve a transportation engineering problem. The typical system engineering approach is to isolate those elements, which are most relevant to the problem. These elements, and the relationships among them, make up the analysis system. The remaining elements belong to the external environment and are taken into account only in terms of their interactions with the analysis system. As will be seen later, transportation system engineering is oriented to the design and evaluation of transportation supply projects. In general, the analysis system includes the elements and the interactions that are expected to be significantly affected by the projects under consideration. It