Poorer Is Riskier: Opportunity for Change
With regard to water resources, it is appropriate to build upon two interacting themes of the late Aaron Wildavsky (1988). The first of Wildavsky's themes is the idea of resiliency. The...
Behavioral, Social, and Institutional Aspects of Risk Analysis
The paper summarizes the third session of the conference which discussed four items that become pitfalls for decision makers when neglected. These are parameter uncertainties as distinct...
Computer Software for Risk Analysis
The seventh session was directed toward computer software that is designed for use in various aspects of risk analysis. The papers presented discussed the following: application of user-friendly...
Integrated Planning for International River Basin
The integrated development of the Vardar/Axios Basin includes a system of projects scheduled to meet the needs and aspirations of Yugoslavia (in particular, the former Socialist Republic...
Impact of GOES Data on Surface Heat Flux Predictions
Surface heat flux is the required input for the Great Lakes Forecasting System (GLFS) in order to predict three dimensional temperature structure of the Great Lakes. Since the flux is...
Groundwater Development and Related Issues
Optimum development and management of ground water resources requires consideration of all elements of the groundwater system and their inter-relations with total hydrologic cycle along...
Keeping Up With Computers
As computer hardware and software continue to grow in power and complexity, with new advances announced every day, many engineers wonder how to keep up with the rapid pace of change. When...
Poland Gets Moving
Poland's transportation network is a victim of two world wars, foreign domination, and neglected maintenance, but there are ambitious plans to rebuild the road and rail systems....
Network Management Using GIS
This paper is concerned with the opportunities that arise from combining digital highway networks, relational databases, GIS technology, specialist application software, and workstation...
Florida's New Toll Facilities Model
Florida's Turnpike provides a system of user-financed limited access toll highways meeting important transportation needs in the State of Florida, while protecting the interests of its...
Development of Self-Organizing Traffic Control System Using Neural Network Model
This paper is concerned with developing a self-organizing traffic control system using a neural network model, a multilayer network model. The neural network inputs the control variables,...
The Traffic Operations Control Center Simulator
As a part of a national effort to improve the operatinal efficiency of the highway network, the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) is developing and implementing general...
A Highway Maintenance Operation Database
This paper presents the major findings of a study to develop a system design for the implementation of an electronic network which uses personal computers in local highway maintenance...
CADD Applications in Transportation: Beyond Highway Design
Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) software have become very prominent in the design of transportation facilities. There are currently a number of third party packages that operate...
Trip Generation Analysis by Artificial Neural Networks
A new approach for conducting trip generation analysis based on the concepts of artificial neural networks is presented in this paper. First, a brief introduction to the concepts of artificial...
Neural Networks in Structural Control
Let the response of a simple two-story frame to a stochastic dynamic excitation be controlled by activating suitable actuators. A neural network is trained to recognize, from the measurement...
An Overview of the Potential Applications of Neural Networks in Civil Engineering
Neural networks are computational models inspired by the structure and operation of the brain. They are massively parallel systems, made up of a large number of highly interconnected,...
IVHS: The Invisible Revolution
Federal funding for intelligent vehicle highway systems has increased a hundredfold since 1989, from $2 million to almost $200 million. Transportation planners are looking increasingly...
Education in Radioactive Waste Management: Issues of Science, Technology and Society
Public acceptance of matters relating to radioactive waste management can properly be sought through education, but what are the particulars to be considered and what is the strategy for...
The Pursuit of International Science Literacy Through Energy Education: An Interdisciplinary Model for Curriculum Development
Over the past two decades science educators have employed the science, technology, and society (STS) framework for framing curriculum and for prescribing instruction. Ongoing world wide...
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