Benefits from Floodplain Management Activities in Relation to Operating South Holston Dam
Floodplain management activities have primarily been directed toward avoiding floodplain siting where practical; where siting is unavoidable, elevating structures, facilities, or equipment...

Watermaster Administration of Texas State Waters
The State of Texas is developing a watermaster program which will enable the State to administer water right issues on a regional basis. A primary role of a watermaster operation is to...

The Coming Drought: Are You Ready?
Drought planning is necessary for the orderly development of a water supply system. Long range planning, risk analysis, multi-discipline cooperation, and public awareness are critical...

Drought Indication and Response
A study of rainfall and reservoir level data was conducted on the water supply system of South Central Connecticut to investigate the possibility of developing reliable, easy to use drought...

Flownets by Computer Graphics
A new method of drawing flownets for determining seepage losses in earth dams is developed. The flow and equipotential lines are drawn by modifying W. Kinzelbagh's method....

Analysis of Groundwater Quality: A Database Application for the Nassau County, NY, Water Management Plan
Nassau County, Long Island, New York is presently developing a Comprehensive Water Management Plan. To determine the extent and trends in nitrate contamination of the groundwater, a preliminary...

The Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems
In July of 1988, the US Bureau of Reclamation awarded the University of Colorado a 4 year, 4 million dollar Cooperative Agreement for the development of a Center of Excellence in the Application...

Ship It By GIS
Abkowitz, Cheng and Lepotsky describe a GIS system for routing hazardous materials shipments. The safe transport of hazardous materials is emerging as a significant concern impacting local,...

Managing Water-Related Conflicts
the Engineer's Role
The problems facing water resources planners and managers are extensive. The major challenge is finding the key to cooperative rather than divisive approaches to water resources management....

Overview of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Transportation
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of artificial intelligence technologies, especially expert systems, as they may relate to highway engineering and operations. Included...

Managing the Introduction of New Technologies: An A1 Case Study
The way in which a new process or product is introduced into an organization can be critical to its acceptance and successful implementation. Even if the innovation is a major technical...

Local Area Networks, a Hardware and Software Tutorial
The ability to develop, access and manage information has become a strategic component of a competitive and productive office. The capability to connect groups of microcomputers is now...

Electronic Communication and Data Transfer: Productivity Enhancements
Large ventures operating from widely separated sites cannot depend on local area networks for their communication requirements, as can small, single-sited projects. Not all projects have...

PC-Graphic Scheduling in a Multi-User Environment
This paper describes an approach used to implement a PC-based scheduling graphics system as part of a larger management information system installation at the Niagara Frontier Transportation...

IDA: A Prototype CAI System in Military Transportation
To reduce the cost and time associated with on-site training while retaining the advantage of a conventional one-to-one learning environment, a computer-aided-instruction (CAI) system...

Application of Interactive Videodisc for Work Zone Traffic Control Training
This paper describes the development of the Interactive Videodisc Training (IVT) system and a training course on work zone traffic control. The IVT system uses a microcomputer-controlled...

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Transportation Engineering
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the new frontiers for microcomputers in transportation. There are AI applications emerging in all areas from planning to maintenance. This paper...

A Microcomputer Based Interactive Model for Strategic Land Use -- Transportation Planning
This paper describes a microcomputer based urban activity model, intended as a tool for use by planners to explore impacts of various development scenarios. The model, LUTRAM, is menu...

ORNL Light-Duty Vehicles PC System
This data system, designed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), monitors information on every light-duty vehicle (automobiles...

An Object-Oriented Strategy for Transportation Model Data
Data transfers between applications which require data from transportation models or inventories is an emerging problem. Recent advancements in software and software design have created...

 

 

 

 

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