Date: Monday 12 – Wednesday 14 April 2010
Location: University College London
Call for Papers
The conference will bring together academics and practitioners with an interest in the application of mathematics within all aspects of transport planning, management and analysis. Papers are sought that describe novel applications of mathematical or statistical methods applied to any mode or form of transport.
Topics to be included within the conference will apply branches of mathematics such as
- Statistical or mathematical analysis of real or theoretical systems
- Developments of solution, optimisation or control algorithms
- Improved approaches to planning, scheduling or operations management
- Representation and modelling of complex systems
to any mode or aspect of transport including (but not limited to) safety, energy, robustness, routing, tolling, signals, vehicle dynamics, logistics, reliability, environmental impact, demand responsive systems, crowd dynamics, choice modelling, distributed intelligence or mixed-mode flows.
Organising Committee
Benjamin Heydecker, UCL (chair)
Mike Bell, Imperial College London
Malachy Carey, Queen’s University Belfast
Mike Maher, University of Leeds
Mike Smith, University of York
Kathryn Stewart, Edinburgh Napier University
Ben Waterson, University of Southampton
R Eddie Wilson, University of Bristol
Invited Speakers
David Watling, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. TITLE: Dealing with Future Uncertainty in Long-Term Transport Planning: Visions & Narrative Modelling
Markos Papageorgiou, Technical University of Crete. TITLE: Nonlinear Optimal Control as a Source of Intelligent Traffic Control
Michael Zhang, University of California, Davis. TITLE: Reflections on the fundamental diagrams of traffic flow
Contributed Abstracts
Eddie Y.S. Chan and Janny M.Y. Leung (Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) “Game-Theoretic Models for Competition in Public Transit Services”
Chih-Wei Pai (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) “Modelling three bicycle crash types with mixed multinomial logit models”
Mike Maher and Ronghui Liu (Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds) “Signal optimisation using a Monte Carlo traffic simulation model”
Richard J. Gibbens (Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge), F.P. Kelly (Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge) “An investigation of proportionally fair ramp metering”
Xiaoyan Zhang and David Mustard (TRL) “Analysis of the Operations of Puffin Pedestrian Crossing”
Suh-Wen Chiou (National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan) “A Novel Algorithm for Continuous Time Toll Optimisation Problem”
Tigran T. Tchrakian and Biswajit Basu (Trinity College Dublin) “Improved modelling of acceleration and deceleration in the Aw-Rascle traffic flow model”
Valentina Trozzi, Michael G. H. Bell, Guido Gentile and Solmaz Haji-Hosseinloo (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London – Dipartimento di idraulica, trasporti e Strade, Universitá “La Sapienza” di Roma) “Dynamic hyperpaths in multimodal transit networks: the stop model with online information”
Giovanni Petri, Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen and John W. Polak (Imperial College London) “Congestion emergence in centralised and decentralised information dissemination systems”
Chris Ellingham (University of Bristol), Arne Kesting (Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany), Martin Treiber (Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany) and R. Eddie Wilson (University of Bristol) “Data Fusion in the Highway Context”
Ben Waterson and Simon Box (Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton) “Determining Rail Network Accessibility”
Simon Box and Ben Waterson (Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton) “Comparison of signalized junction control strategies using individual vehicle position data”
Andrew Daly and David Watling (Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds) “Integrated Models of Travel Demand and Network Equilibrium: Theoretical Properties & Development of Convergent Algorithms”
Dr. K. Stewart (Tri, Napier University, Edinburgh) and Dr. Y. Ge (David Simmonds Consultancy) “Optimising Network flows by Low-Revenue Tolling under the principles of Dynamic User Equilibrium”
J.D. Addison and B.G. Heydecker (Centre for Transport Studies, University College London) “Journey Time Variability on Congested Networks”
Achille Fonzone (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London), Michael G. H. Bell (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London) and Jan-Dirk Schmöcker (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology) “Time Dependent Shortest Hyperpath in Transport Network with Delays”
Michael Smith (Department of Mathematics, University of York) “Intelligent Bottlenecks: Stabilising a Signal-Controlled Network”
Daniel Graham (Centre for Transport Studies, Dept Civil & Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London) “Causal inference for road traffic accident analysis”
Richard Mounce (University of York) “Convergence of a dynamic network loading algorithm for the continuous vertical queueing model”
Rudiger Ebendt and Peter Wagner (German Aerospace Center, Institute of Transportation Systems) “An Integrative Approach to Light- and Heavy-Weighted Route Planning Problems”
Rajesh Krishnan (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London), John Polak (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London), Mike Smith (Department of Mathematics, University of York) and Victoria Hodge (Department of Computer Science, University of York) “Performance Measures for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Traffic Control”
Terry L. Friesz, Taeil Kim and Ilsoo Lee (Pennsylvania State University, USA) “Computing Dynamic User Equilibria with Alternative Network Loading Models”
Francesca Medda (CUSP/CTS, University College London) “Transport Costs Effects on Urban Shape: A Morphogenetic Perspective”
Giovanna Chilà and Francesco Russo (Dept. of Computer Science, Mathematics, Electronics and Transportation, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy) “A Dynamic Formulation for Discrete Choice Models”
M.C. Poelman, S.P. Hoogendoorn and J.B.M. Melissen (Delft University Of Technology, The Netherlands) “Traffic assignment consistent with traffic data: a new behavioral approach based on prior route probabilities”
Ning Wu (Institute for Traffic Engineering, Ruhr-University Bocham, Germany) “Modelling Blockage Probability and Capacity of Share Lanes at Signalized Intersections”
Chen Cai, Bernhard Hengst, Getian Ye, Enyang Huang, Yang Wang, Carlos Aydos and Glenn Geers “Traffic State Estimation and Signal Control Performance”
Jeremy Broughton and Jackie Knowles (Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne) “Forecasting road accident casualties in Great Britain”
E. Buldakov (Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, UCL) “Numerical study of an informative motorway traffic control system”
Femke van Wageningen-Kessels (Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geo Science), Ludovic Leclercq (Universit´e de Lyon, INRETS/ENTPE, LICIT), Kees Vuik (Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science), Serge Hoogendoorn (Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geo Science) and Hans van Lint (Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geo Science) “Accuracy analysis of the Lagrangian Godunov scheme using variational theory”
Chong Wei, Takamasa Iryo and Yasuo Asakura (Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University) “Estimating travel time reliability from the posterior distribution of traffic flow”
Giulio E. Cantarella (Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno), Guido Gentile (Dept. of Hydraulics Transportation and Highways – University of Rome) and Pietro Velonà (Dept. of Comp. Sci., Maths, Electtr., Transportation, University of Reggio Calabria) “Uniqueness of Sue Patterns”
Hillel Bar-Gera (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University) “Traffic assignment by paired alternative segments (TAPAS)”
Reza Tolouei (University College London) “Comparing disaggregate and aggregate analysis of crash data to find the relationship between fatality risk ratio and mass ratio in two-car crashes”
Sebastián Raveau, María Francisca Yáñez and Juan de Dios Ortúzar (Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) “The effect of data variability on the estimation of discrete choice models with latent variables”
Simon Ball (Transport Research Laboratory) “New approaches to analysis of headways in inter-urban traffic”
Stephen Dunne and Bidisha Ghosh (Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Department, Trinity College, Dublin Ireland) “Optimal Data Aggregation Interval for Short-term Traffic Flow Prediction in Urban Arterials: A Neural Network Approach”
Normen Rochau (PTV AG, Karlsruhe), Michael G H Bell (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London), Klaus Noekel (PTV AG, Karlsruhe) and Achille Fonzone (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London) “Schedule-based hyperpath approaches to transit assignment: The impact of imperfect information”
Gunnar Flötteröd, Carolina Osorio and Michel Bierlaire (Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) “Simulation-based signalling optimization based on structural surrogate models”
Aurélie Bousquet (INRETS, LICIT, Transport and Traffic Engineering Laboratory; University of Lyon, France), Jacques Sau (LMFA, University of Lyon, France) and Nour-Eddin El Faouzi (INRETS, LICIT, Transport and Traffic Engineering Laboratory; University of Lyon, France) “Frequency-based characteristics of urban traffic and space-state modelling for travel time estimation”
Tao Cheng, Jiaqiu Wang and Benjamin Heydecker (Department of Civil, environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London) “STARIMA for Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction in Central London”
Chris van Hinsbergen (TU Delft, The Netherlands) “Using Bayes’ rule for online noise parameter adaptation in Extended Kalman Filtering for online traffic state estimation”
Registration
Conference fees are as follows:
| IMA Member: | £335 |
| Non IMA Member: | £420 |
| Student: | £200 |
Fees include: conference materials; all refreshments and lunch; dinner and reception at UCL on 12th April; conference dinner at the Royal Society on 13th April. Delegates are required to pay for their accommodation seperately.
Students may apply for bursaries to cover their conference fee. Please email conferences@ima.org.uk with your status (full or part-time); date of completion of studies; and a short paragraph (100 words) to support your case.
The IMA has reserved a few single rooms at the following hotel at a discounted rate:
Holiday Inn London Regents Park: £109.00 per night exc. VAT, inc. breakfast
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“IMA”
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