CE 451 Analysis Of Transportation Systems
Credit Structure: (3-0)3
Catalog Description:
Development of transportation demand and supply models. Analysis
of cost functions, cost estimating methods and some general cost
function. Merging supply and demand models for network equilibration.
Simulation and optimizing approaches for equilibrium. Evaluation
of alternative transportation systems. Transport regulation in
an inefficient or in an excessive competitive environment. Cost
and demand conditions of a regulated industry.
Course Objectives:
To provide analytical tools for those students interested
in majoring in transportation to analyze the transport systems.
Prerequisites:
None
Textbook(s):
O. Akyilmaz, “Analysis of Transportation Systems”,
Lecture Notes, 1991.
Reference(s):
None
Syllabus:
1. Introduction: Systems approach, transportation systems,
system design process.
2. Transportation Demand: Theoretical background, individual and
aggregate demand, demand modeling, aggregate and disaggregate
models.
3. Transportation costs: Analysis of cost functions, cost estimating
methods, princing policies, general cost functions.
4. Supply of transportation: Transport supply, transport technology,
service functions link and terminal supply functions.
5. Network quilibration: Market equilibrium, network equilibrium,
simulation and optimizing approaches.
6. Transport regulation: Insufficient and excessive competition,
regulated industry, cost and demand conditions.
7. Evaluation of alternative systems: Multi-objective evaluation
techniques, current state-of-art in systems evaluation.
Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
None
Computer Usage:
Computer is used to design and synthesize transportation networks.
Laboratory Work:
None
Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: None
Engineering Design: 1 credit
Engineering Sciences: 1.5 credits
Humanities & Social Sciences: 0.5 credits
Departmental: None
Instructors:
Özdemir Akyilmaz