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2012
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English
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Multimodal transport network customers need to be directed during their travels. A travel support tool can be offered by a Multimodal Information System (MIS), which allows them to input their needs and provides them with the appropriate responses to improve their travel conditions. The goal of this book is to design and develop methodologies in order to realize a MIS tool which can ensure permanent multimodal information availability before and during...
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[2017]
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English
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Statistical Techniques for Transportation Engineering is written with a systematic approach in mind and covers a full range of data analysis topics, from the introductory level (basic probability, measures of dispersion, random variable, discrete and continuous distributions) through more generally used techniques (common statistical distributions, hypothesis testing), to advanced analysis and statistical modeling techniques (regression, AnoVa, and...
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2023.
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English
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Approachable guide combining project management principles and proven best practices applied to transportation projects Transportation Project Management is a comprehensive and approachable work providing practical guidance on all aspects of managing transportation projects. It covers project management principles, practical applications, and proven best practices, all tailored specifically to the unique workflows of developing and designing transportation...
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2011
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English
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Overview: The Role of Statistics in Transportation Engineering What Is Engineering? What Is Transportation Engineering? Goal of the Textbook Overview of the Textbook Who Is the Audience for This Textbook? Relax-Everything Is FineGraphical Methods for Displaying DataIntroduction Histogram Box and Whisker Plot Quantile Plot Scatter Plot Parallel Plot Time Series Plot Quality Control PlotsConcluding RemarksNumerical Summary MeasuresIntroduction Measures...
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While this book can stand alone, it takes up after volume four. After twenty years as a U.S. Air Force pilot, Eddie turns civilian. Flying large international corporations, small private owners, and commercial charter operations, Eddie learns that teaching crews to get along cannot be, done with a simple class lesson or leading by example. While most pilots think they are Crew Resource Management gurus, most are blind to their weaknesses. Eddie's...
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#1 Adapted from data and visuals by Bloomberg NEF, Tesla was selling one of every five electric vehicles worldwide by 2019. In 2020, it sold half a million.
#2 To achieve our goal of electrifying transportation by 2050, we must replace all gasoline-and diesel-powered vehicles with a fleet of zero-emissions cars, trucks, and buses.
#3 If EVs are to capture the majority...
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#1 On October 15, 1586, Queen Mary of Scots was on trial for treason. She had been accused of plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in order to take the English crown for herself. Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's Principal Secretary, planned to prove that Mary was at the heart of the plot, and was therefore equally culpable and deserving of death.
#2 The plot to...
12) Mobility 2040: Exploring the Emerging Trends Radically Transforming Transportation Systems in the US
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U.S. transportation systems face a series of converging crises as population and industrial growth continue to push the limits of what can be supported. Electric vehicles, self-driving cars, artificial intelligence (AI), and the internet of things (IoT) all play a role in the solution; but how do the different pieces of this complex ecosystem fit together?
Mobility 2040: Exploring the Emerging Trends Radically Transforming Transportation Systems...
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#1 The ship will become an astonishing, remarkable thing: thousands of tons of thousands of types of cargo, floating on miles of water, traveling safely to the other side of the world. Kendal's job is to travel to Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, and Rotterdam.
#2 The people of Kendal live and work in the accommodation house, a cream superstructure placed toward the rear of...
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#1 The worst nuclear accident in American history began with a clog in the basement of a lonely hour. The plant's operators were unable to figure out what the hell was going on, and the taint of that chaos would linger for hours.
#2 The control room was extremely busy that day. The water level in the reactor's pulmonary loop, which cools the reactor, was dropping. The...
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#1 Flying was expensive in 1972, so most Americans took car trips instead. My parents were no exception. They always took car trips to visit my father's relatives in Indiana.
#2 I was 10 years old in 1967, and I was excited to visit Expo 67 in Montreal. My mother, however, was terrified of the bridge collapse and the island sinking, so we didn't go. I was ready...
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#1 At the mouth of the harbor, El Morro, a massive brown escarpment, rose up out of the sea. The Central America was the biggest ship in the harbor. She was sleek and black, her decks scrubbed smooth with holystones, and her deckhouses glistened with the yellowed patina of old varnish.
#2 The final five days of the journey were spent sailing to New York. The weather...
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#1 The fourth R is research. Everyone can learn to use online information more efficiently and effectively, whether they're students, citizens, parents, or professionals. This book makes the case that learning how to be a better online researcher is not just a good idea but something that everyone should know how to do.
#2 Research is a skill that we all take for granted....
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#1 John Flannery, the man about to take over leadership of the most famous company in America, had come to see GE Power leaders on their home turf. Under the surface, however, GE was in total disarray.
#2 Flannery was the new CEO of GE, and he had to get used to his new position. He had outperformed three rival executives to win the position, and his father had died...
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#1 The latitude and longitude lines govern the world today, as they have for centuries. They were first mapped out by Ptolemy in his first world atlas in AD 150.
#2 The difference between latitude and longitude is that the zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time. To find...
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