Special Issue: Some Recent Advances in Transportation Modeling
Abstract
Description
The planning, management, and operation of transportation systems
requires sophisticated modeling tools that closely reflect reality (Ortuzar
and Willumsen, 1994), so that the cost and benefits of different scenarios
and options can be effectively and efficiently evaluated. In the past
decade, new approaches have been developed to augment and improve
the components of existing platforms and to seek new modeling
paradigms. It is timely to take stock of what has been developed so far
and to provide a preview of what lies ahead. This special issue is a
collection of advanced papers that were presented at the International
Conference on the Application of Information and Communication
Technology in Transport Systems in Developing Countries, which was
held in Sri Lanka from 5 to 7 August 2004. These papers cover some of
the most recent modeling advances in the planning, management, and
operation of transportation systems.