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Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO ASSIST IN THE INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC TRANSIT SYSTEM DESIGN PROCESS

Accession Number:

00488077

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309047536

Abstract:

Urban public transit plays a vital role in the functioning of most urban areas. Transit network design is one of the important components of urban transit planning. Because of the complexity of planning urban transit, the components can be best handled by using interactive graphic methods, coupled with ways to evaluate alternative transit network designs from multiple conflicting criteria. The research presented in this paper focuses on an investigation of the applicability of a knowledge-based expert systems (KBES) approach to increasing the productivity of the transit network design process. For this research, an interactive KBES, TNOP_ADVISOR, was developed to assist in the development of high-performance transit network designs. TNOP_ADVISOR provides advice about how to modify designs to obtain improved performance. A network simulation software package, Transit Network Optimization System (TNOP), provides the capability for modifying and predicting the performance of these designs. Three tests are conducted using the interactive KBES and multicriteria evaluation capability as support tools for the conduct of a TNOP-based design process. The results show that the advice provided helped produce high-performance designs in all cases.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1187, Expert Systems in Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01492695

Authors:

Janarthanan, Natarajan
Schneider, Jerry B

Pagination:

p. 30-46

Publication Date:

1988

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1187
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309047536

Features:

Figures (14) ; References (21) ; Tables (7)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Interactive graphics

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Sep 30 1989 12:00AM

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