Infrastructure and transport: challenges to systems engineering

Author

Thissen, Wil A H

Author_Institution

Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1452

Abstract

The author develops a conceptual systems model of transport. Following a decomposition determined by the system´s dynamic characteristics, three areas are identified in which interdisciplinary systems engineering can contribute to meeting the challenges ahead: (1) long-term strategic choices with respect to transport infrastructures and conditions affecting transport demand; (2) changes and improvements of transport organization, logistics, etc.; and (3) innovations in operational traffic management, advanced vehicle control, fleet management, and real-time traveller information systems

Keywords

management; operations research; systems engineering; traffic control; transportation; advanced vehicle control; conceptual systems model; fleet management; infrastructure; logistics; operational traffic management; real-time traveller information systems; transport demand; transport organization; Automotive engineering; Control systems; Engineering management; Innovation management; Intelligent vehicles; Logistics; Real time systems; Systems engineering and theory; Technological innovation; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1992., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0720-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1992.271578

Filename

271578