Department of Electrical Engineering
Spring 2004
Instructor: Matthew Barth
Office: Bourns Hall A221
Email: barth@ee.ucr.edu
Office
Hours: TBA
Course
URL: TBA
Units: 4, 3 hours lecture,
3 hours outside research
Prerequisites:
graduate standing or consent of instructor; recommended: EE115 (Intro to
Communications) and EE132 (Automatic Control)
Catalog Course
Description:
This course
focuses on the control, communications, and computer aspects of intelligent
transportation systems. Topics include traffic flow theory fundamentals,
ITS user services, travel and traffic management, advanced vehicle safety
systems, ITS applications, architectures, standards, strategic needs assessment
& deployment, and evaluation.
Possible Textbook:
Mashrur A.
Chowdhury and Adel Sadek, (2003) Fundamentals of Intelligent Transportation
Systems, Artech House Inc., Boston, ISBN 1-58053-160-1, 250 pp.
References:
Scott D.
Elliott, Daniel J. Dailey (2002) Wireless Communications for Intelligent
Transportation Systems, ISBN 0-89006-821-6 315 pp.
Yilin Zhao,
(1997) Vehicle Location and Navigation Systems, ISBN 0-89006-861-5, 267
pp.
Joseph
Sussman (2002), Introduction to Transportation Systems, ISBN
1-58053-141-5, 471 pp.
Judy
McQueen, Bob McQueen (2000) Intelligent Transportation Systems Architectures,
ISBN 0-89006-525-X, 504 pp.
Lawrence A.
Klein, (2002) Sensor Technologies and Data Requirements for ITS, ISBN
1-58053-077-X, 568 pp.
miscellaneous
lecture notes
Grading: Homework (20%) one midterm (20%),
one final (30%), research project report (30%).
Homework: 6 assignments
Justification: The
field of intelligent transportation systems has become an important electrical
engineering research area at several universities, with aspects of control,
communications, and computer systems applied to transportation. There are
unique methodologies and applications in ITS that are not taught in any other
course work at UC Riverside. This course will provide the ITS fundamentals for
further research in the electrical engineering department’s intelligent systems
area.
Course Schedule:
1.
Introduction - What is ITS? Where is ITS today?
Where is it going? ITS training and education needs. (1 wk)
2.
Fundamentals
of Traffic Flow and Control - Traffic flow elements. Traffic flow models. Shock waves in traffic
streams. Traffic signalization and control principles. ramp metering, traffic
simulation. (2 wks)
3.
ITS
User Services -
Travel and traffic management. Public transportation operations. Electronic
payment. Commercial vehicle operations. Emergency management. Advanced vehicle
safety systems. Information management. (2 wks)
4.
ITS
Applications -
Freeway and incident management systems. Advanced arterial traffic control
systems. Advanced public transportation systems. Multimodal traveler
information systems. (2 wks)
5. Strategic Needs Assessment and Deployment - Planning process for ITS. Case study. Challenges for ITS planning. (1 wk)
6.
ITS
Standards -
Standards development process. Standards application areas. National
Transportation Communications for ITS Protocols (NTCIP). Scope of NTCIP. NTCIP specifications for system design.
Standards testing. Adoption of ITS standards. (1 wk)
7. ITS Evaluation - Deployment tracking. Impact assessment. Benefits by ITS components. Benefits estimation categories. Evaluation resources. Evaluation support tools. Methodologies. (1 wk)