Course detail

Selected Problems of Traffic Engineering

FAST-CN055Acad. year: 2018/2019

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 inclusion in content of this study.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student acquires basic skills in problems of transport telematics in road, rail and air transport. He gets such good knowledge and skills to design and develop telematics applications in traffic control. He will learn modern methods of traffic control. These methods are based on the application of statistical models, fuzzy logic, neural networks and evolutionary strategies. The outputs are also practical examples of telematics applications in the Czech Republic.

Prerequisites

Common knowledge from transport, physics, mathematics and information technology.

Co-requisites

Common information from area parking systems, philosophy of public transport and integrated transport systems.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures, practical classes and self-study assignments. Attendance at lectures is optional, but attendance at classes is compulsory.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Attendance
Successful completion of a written test.

Course curriculum

1. Definition and basic concepts interpretation, fundamental mathematical apparatus
2. Introduction to the problems of relatively new mathematical techniques and outline their
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, method in our country and abroad
9. Telematics in railway transport
a) Railway safety equipments
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 railway's safety technique
c) Railway mobile communications system, train automatic lead

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of transport telematics in roadway, railway and air transport.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-P-E-SI (N) Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-K-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, 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 their
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, method in our country and abroad
9. Telematics in railway transport
a) Railway safety equipments
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 railway's safety technique
c) Railway mobile communications system, train automatic lead

Exercise

13 hours, 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