Course detail
Selected Problems of Traffic Engineering
FAST-NNB012Acad. year: 2024/2025
The aim of the transport telematics is quality and comfort escalation, mobility resource, transport safety escalation, transportation services improvement, as well as economy and effectiveness traffic processes, increasing. The latest knowledge from series branch’s, transport telematics, logistics, telecommunications, transport engineering, traffic town planner and traffic safety will be included in the content of this study.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)
Entry knowledge
Common knowledge from transport, physics, mathematics and information technology.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Aims
The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of transport telematics in roadway, railway and air transport.
A student acquires basic skills in problems of transport telematics in roadway, railway and air transport.
A student acquires basic skills in problems of transport telematics in roadway, railway and air transport.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
KUTZ M.: Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume I, Systems and operations. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161492-4. (EN)
KUTZ M.: Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume II, Applications and technologies. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161477-1. (EN)
PŘIBYL P. : Inteligentní dopravní systémy a dopravní telematika. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2005. ISBN 80-01-03122-5 (CS)
PŘIBYL P.: Inteligentní dopravní systémy a dopravní telematika II. Praha: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03648-8. (CS)
PŘIBYL P., MACH R.: Řídící systémy silniční dopravy. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2003. ISBN 80-01-02811-9. (CS)
ŘEZÁČ M., ŠKVAIN V., TICHÝ J.: Dopravní inženýrství. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7204-730-7 - Kapitola III. ITS (Inteligentní Dopravní Systémy) (CS)
SCHLOSSER T.: Inteligentné dopravné systémy. Bratislava: Jaga group, 2001. ISBN 80-88905-64-8. (SK)
KUTZ M.: Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume II, Applications and technologies. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161477-1. (EN)
PŘIBYL P. : Inteligentní dopravní systémy a dopravní telematika. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2005. ISBN 80-01-03122-5 (CS)
PŘIBYL P.: Inteligentní dopravní systémy a dopravní telematika II. Praha: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03648-8. (CS)
PŘIBYL P., MACH R.: Řídící systémy silniční dopravy. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2003. ISBN 80-01-02811-9. (CS)
ŘEZÁČ M., ŠKVAIN V., TICHÝ J.: Dopravní inženýrství. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7204-730-7 - Kapitola III. ITS (Inteligentní Dopravní Systémy) (CS)
SCHLOSSER T.: Inteligentné dopravné systémy. Bratislava: Jaga group, 2001. ISBN 80-88905-64-8. (SK)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NPC-SIK Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Definition and basic concepts interpretation, fundamental mathematical apparatus.
2. Introduction to the problems of relatively new mathematical techniques and outline them.
3. utilisation in traffic control problems.
4. Introduction to the problems of relatively new mathematical techniques and outline their utilisation in traffic control problems.
5. Intelligent transport services, information about traffic obstruction and weather conditions.
6. Information and navigational systems and their using in transport, black box, digital tachograph.
7. Weighing vehicles problem, method, equipment, legislative.
8. Telematics in road transport, current intelligent traffic control information systems:
a) Automatic vehicle and cargo identification,
b) Sensor for control and running crossing,
c) Electronic road-toll, legislature, the method in our country and abroad.
9. Telematics in railway transport:
a) Railway safety equipment,
b) Train safety systems,
c) European railway traffic management system (ERTMS).
10. Telematics in railway transport:
a) Train positional locator on principle GPS/GNSS,
b) Navigation satellite systems in the railway's safety technique,
c) Railway mobile communications system, train automatic lead.
Exercise
13 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Collecting traffic engineering data an example.
2. Multi-agent systems – an example.
3. Fuzzy logic – an application example.
4. Fuzzy logic – an application example.
5. Neural networks – an application example.
6. Neural networks – an application example.
7. Management of urban public transport – demonstration.
8. Transport Company in Brno, excursion.
9. RFID technology – demonstration.
10. Credit test.