Handbook of Transportation Science
Handbook of Transportation Science (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) Randolph W. Hall (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1402072465
DDC: 388
Edition: Hardcover; 2003-01-01
Summary:
Over the past thirty-five years, a substantial amount of theoretical
and empirical scholarly research has been developed across the
discipline domains of Transportation. This research has been
synthesized into a systematic handbook that examines the scientific
concepts, methods, and principles of this growing and evolving field.
The Handbook of Transportation Science outlines the field of
transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends
transportation technology and methods. Whether by car, truck,
airplane - or by a mode of transportation that has not yet been
conceived - transportation obeys fundamental properties. The science
of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our
knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the
behavior of another. Transportation scientists are motivated by the
desire to explain spatial interactions that result in movement of
people or objects from place to place. Its methodologies draw from
physics, operations research, probability and control theory. The
eighteen chapters in the Second Edition of the Handbook of
Transportation Science are written by the leading researchers in
Transportation Science as a continual effort to explore the
scientific nature and state-of-the-art of the field. As such, it is
directed to all the research and practitioner domains of
transportation. It has been expanded from the first edition through
the addition of four chapters. Chapter 15 extends the networks
section of the book by addressing supply chains, distribution
networks and logistics. While the emphasis is on freight
transportation, the principles for network design extend to other
applications, such as public economics. Chapters 16 through 18 fall
in a new section on transportation economics. Chapter 16 addresses
revenue management, a relatively recent topic in transportation,
which has had substantial impact on the airline industry in
particular. Chapter 17 presents spatial interaction models, which
provides a mechanism for analyzing patterns of development. Chapter
18 provides the principles of transportation economics, with emphasis
on pricing and public policy. In addition to the new chapters, the
original chapters have been updated and revised.
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