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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Transportation Optimization"”.
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Computationally efficient simulation-based optimization algorithms for large-scale urban transportation problems
… we propose novel computationally efficient optimization algorithms that derive effective traffic management strategies to reduce congestion and improve the efficiency of urban transportation systems. The proposed algorithms enable the use of high-resolution yet computationally inefficient …
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From Tarmac to Timetable: A Data-Driven Study of Airline Delay Performance in Nigeria
… project contributes to the broader discourse on transportation optimization in developing economies and lays the foundation for increased transparency in flight performance reporting.</p>
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Optimizing the planning of modular construction projects
… module in the project; (2) innovative optimization model for selecting an optimal finishing level for each prefabricated module to minimize the total costs of offsite fabrication, module transportation, and onsite assembly; (3) novel transportation optimization model to identify for …
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Advances in data-driven models for transportation
… of ride-sharing and alternative modes of transportation, there has been a renewed interest in transit planning to improve service quality and stem declining ridership. However, it often takes months of manual planning for operators to redesign and reschedule services in response to …
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Probabilistic models and optimization algorithms for large-scale transportation problems
This thesis tackles two major challenges of urban transportation optimization problems: (i) high-dimensionality and (ii) uncertainty in both demand and supply. These challenges are addressed from both modeling and algorithm design perspectives. The first part of this thesis focuses on the …
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Analysis and Optimization of Chassis Movements in Transportation Networks with Centralized Chassis Processing Facilities
… study, an analytical framework for modeling and optimization of chassis movements in transportation networks with CPFs is developed, and a case study in the Long Beach/Los Angeles (LB/LA) port area is performed. Comparisons between current practices at ports, in which chassis exchanges occur at …
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On the control of airport departure operations.
This thesis is focused on airport departure operations; its objective is to assign a value to surface surveillance information within a collaborative framework. The research develops a cooperative concept that improves the control of departure operations at busy airports and evaluates its merit …
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Models and algorithms for dynamic real-time freight train re-routing
… that leverage the evaluation framework: an optimization-based approach and a search-based heuristic approach. A further problem variant is also introduced where rail terminal processing rate is a non-constant function of the traffic at the rail terminal. The above approaches are extended to …
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Designing an On-Demand Dynamic Crowdshipping Model and Evaluating its Ability to Serve Local Retail Delivery in New York City
… perspective. Decision-makers have to optimize transportation resources to minimize the system externalities (especially in large-scale metropolitan areas). This thesis focus on the intra-city mobility problems experienced by travelers (in the form of congestion and imbalance taxi resources) and …