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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"Traveler"”.
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Modeling traveler response to traveler information systems : laboratory simulation of information searches using multimedia technology
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1994.
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The Philosophically Educated Teacher as a Traveler
… the classroom because they have practiced, like travelers, the dynamic thinking which makes them open to novelty, attentive to difference, reflective wayfarers on the paths of the world. I offer a threefold articulation of teaching into thinking, traveling and philosophizing . My guiding figure …
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Travel //net : working for the global traveler
… millennium unfolds, the lifestyle of the global travelers have changed. The world is getting smaller, and the traditional physical boundaries that surround us can be easily overcome. Digital data, telephone, and the Internet have created a worldwide network that exchanges information transmitted …
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Quantitative evaluation of advanced traveler information system benefits
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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Simulation-based evaluation of Advanced Traveler Information Services (ATIS)
Drivers using information from an Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) could potentially make better travel decisions to reduce travel time and increase trip reliability, thereby benefiting both guided drivers as well as those without such access. However, market penetration of ATIS can have …
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Preference accommodating and preference shaping : incorporating traveler preferences into transportation planning
… dissertation proposes a structure for analyzing traveler preferences that incorporates these psychological factors into travel behavior analysis. A set of eight factors are presented as the latent elements of travel preferences to illustrate the structure, including two personality traits; three …
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Evaluation of dynamic traffic assignment : demand estimation and impacts of traveler information
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999.
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Geology, petrology and geochemistry of Traveler Rhyolite and Katahdin Pluton (northcentral Maine)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1976.
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A comparative evalation of the benefits of advanced traveler information systems (ATIS) operational tests
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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Implementation of advanced transit traveler information systems in the United States and Canada : practice and prospects
… implemented methods for passengers to access traveler information using new media and personal mobile communications devices. The most advanced examples of these devices, commonly known as "smartphones," combine telephone, Internet browsing, and personal digital assistant (PDA) functionality …
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Understanding the differences in the development and use of advanced traveler information systems for vehicles (ATIS/V) in the U.S., Germany, and Japan
… a serious problem. As a solution, advanced traveler information systems (ATIS) mitigate traffic congestion by providing real-time traffic information to travelers. ATIS includes various applications such as radio traffic reporting services and websites. Among those, this thesis focuses on …
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Friedrich Schelling: Soteriological Redemption and Ontological Renewal in the Intellectual Intuition of the Life of Life
… to intellectual intuition, in which the anagogic traveler descends to the primordial state and in which his shared essence with the life of life is revealed. </p> <p>Schelling tells us that being precedes reflection and, accordingly, the ordinary plane of consciousness, as available in the various …
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Picturing a Nation Divided: Art, American Identity and the Crisis over Slavery
… produced a lithograph entitled the Arkansas Traveler. Based upon a popular folktale originating twenty years earlier, Washbourne used the image to convey his understanding of the crisis over slavery in the western territories. Artists in north and south responded to the slavery debate with …
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Silent Cities: Sensationalism and Removed Populations within Fourteenth Century Western Christian and Muslim Travel Accounts of Baghdad and Jerusalem
… Baghdad and Jerusalem, I analyze two Christian travelers, Marco Polo and John Mandeville, and one Muslim traveler, Ibn Battuta. As a basis of comparison, I discuss the twelfth century Muslim traveler, Ibn Jubayr. I specifically analyze Baghdad and Jerusalem due to the fact that they represent …
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Conrad Wise Chapman and the Mexican Landscape
… Mexican landscape painting and traveler-art. It is the purpose of this study to demonstrate that Chapman’s artistic style embodies both classical components of landscape painting and characteristics commonly associated with traveler-art. This investigation of Chapman’s Mexican …
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"The Road is My Home:" Reflections on Vandwelling Culture in the United States
… of vandwellers through the eyes of a fellow traveler interested in living the lifestyle in the future. It examines the motivations and experiences of vandwellers living on the road full-time in their vehicles.</p>
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Beneath a great roof, airplanes and travelers will gather: an airport for the city of Washington D.C.
… as a place for the meeting of aircraft and traveler; a place for both person and machine. The dominant element of the airport is the roof of the main terminal. The main terminal is divided along its length with a series of tall concrete masts. From the masts, hollow concrete box beams are …
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A Gateway to the City
… and instead can provide a moment that allows travelers to appreciate the location that they are traveling to or from. A train station is almost uniquely positioned to serve as the first or last building any train traveler encounters in a city, serving as the gateway to the modern city. This …
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