Browsing UW Milwaukee Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Author "Xiao Qin"
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A Comprehensive Study on the Estimation of Freeway Travel Time Index and the Effect of Traffic Data Quality
Pankaj, Ambily (2019-05-01)Travel time reliability aims to quantify the variation of travel time by using the entire range of travel times for a given trip, for a selected time period over a selected horizon. A trip can occur over a segment, facility ... -
A Comprehensive Study on the Estimation of Freeway Travel Time Index and the Effect of Traffic Data Quality
Pankaj, Ambily (2019-05-01)Travel time reliability aims to quantify the variation of travel time by using the entire range of travel times for a given trip, for a selected time period over a selected horizon. A trip can occur over a segment, facility ... -
A Microscopic Simulation Laboratory for Evaluation of Off-street Parking Systems
Yuan, Yun (2018-12-01)The parking industry produces an enormous amount of data every day that, properly analyzed, will change the way the industry operates. The collected data form patterns that, in most cases, would allow parking operators and ... -
A Simulation Framework for Traffic Safety with Connected Vehicles and V2X Technologies
SAYED, MD ABU (2021-05-01)With the advancement in automobile technologies, existing research shows that connected vehicle (CV) technologies can provide better traffic safety through Surrogate Safety Measure (SSM). CV technologies involves two network ... -
Advanced Quantitative Methods for Imminent Detection of Crash Prone Conditions and Safety Evaluation
Chen, Zhi (2018-08-01)Crashes can be accurately predicted through reliable data sources and rigorous statistical models; and prevented through data-driven, evidence-based traffic control strategies. Both predictive analysis and analysis to ... -
Analyzing Transportation Services for Older Adults in Southeastern Wisconsin
Saunderson, Elizabeth Jean (2016-12-01)Older adults are important users to consider in the evaluation of transportation services. Many older non-drivers take fewer trips than their driving peers. It is important that transportation services meet the needs of ... -
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS, EVALUATION, AND APPLICATION OF SAFETY SURROGATE MEASURES
He, Zhaoxiang (2024-05-01)This dissertation demonstrates a comprehensive analysis, evaluation, and application of safety surrogate measures. Through five distinct analyses, the research has made several key contributions.Firstly, the research ... -
Comprehensive Safety Analysis of Vulnerable Road User Involved Motor Vehicle Crashes
Al-Mahameed, Farah Jazi (2020-08-01)This dissertation explores, identifies, and evaluates a multitude of factors significantly affecting motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists, commonly defined as vulnerable road users (VRUs). The ... -
Contributing Factors on Drivers Yielding Behaviors at Uncontrolled Intersections
Sanatizadeh, Aida (2017-05-01)Abstract The present study aims at analyzing drivers yielding behaviors to pedestrians’ right of way, who are attempting to cross at uncontrolled crosswalks. Three types of variables were identified to be collected for ... -
Data-Driven Optimization Models for Feeder Bus Network Design
Wang, Yaojun (2018-05-01)Urbanization is not a modern phenomenon. However, it is worthwhile to note that the world urban population growth curve has up till recently followed a quadratic-hyperbolic pattern (Korotayey and Khaltourina, 2006). As ... -
Developing Sampling Strategies and Predicting Freeway Travel Time Using Bluetooth Data
Moonam, Hasan Md (2016-12-01)Accurate, reliable, and timely travel time is critical to monitor transportation system performance and assist motorists with trip-making decisions. Travel time is estimated using the data from various sources like cellular ... -
Development of a Cloud-Based Traffic Diagnosis and Management Laboratory Based on High-Coverage ALPR
Tan, Weijie (2021-05-01)As the traffic volume in urban areas continues to increase, traffic congestion results in longer travel time, lower reliability, and larger energy consumption. Traffic diagnosis and management strategies are generally ... -
Extracting Patterns of Semantic Roles from Accident Narratives
Jayakumar, Soundarya (2023-05-01)Accident databases are filled with rich information about accidents. Analyzing these datasets can reveal useful information which can be used to prevent similar accidents in the future. Policy makers, and safety management ... -
Identifying and Incorporating Driver Behavior Variables into Crash Prediction Models
Shaon, Mohammad Razaur Rahman (2019-05-01)All travelers are exposed to the risk for crashes on the road, as none of the roadways are entirely safe. Under Vision Zero, improving traffic safety on our nation’s highways is and will continue to be one of the most ... -
Integrated Special Event Traffic Management Strategies in Urban Transportation Network
Li, Peng (2016-05-01)How to effectively optimize and control spreading traffic in urban network during the special event has emerged as one of the critical issues faced by many transportation professionals in the past several decades due to ... -
Large Language Model Assisted Threat Modeling
Elsharef, Isra (2023-12-01)Threat modeling aims to identify and address potential threats early in the product development lifecycle, but is often a time-consuming process involving extensive collaboration between product security and development ... -
Large Scale Integration of Electric Vehicles into the Power Grid and Its Potential Effects on Power System Reliability
Zhang, Mingzhi (2017-05-01)In this thesis, the potential effects of large scale integration of electric vehicles into the power grid are discussed in both the beneficial and detrimental aspects. The literature review gives a comprehensive introduction ... -
Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Transit System Efficiency and Incentive-based Subsidy Allocation
Li, Xin (2015-12-01)Over the past several decades, contending with traffic congestion and air pollution has emerged as one of the imperative issues across the world. Development of a transit-oriented urban transport system has been realized ... -
Parallelization of Dial-a-Ride Using Tabu Search
Naraharisetti, Raghuveer (2023-08-01)Dial-A-Ride is a transport system heavily constrained by following fleet size, vehicle capacity, and a fixed number of requests (pickup and drop-off points) with time windows. It is often modelled as Integer Programming, ... -
Probabilistic Reliability Analysis of Electric Power Systems with Smart Grid Technologies and Water Distribution Networks: Modeling, Assessment, and Comparison
Xiao, Ruosong (2016-08-01)With the rapid growth of population, the modern human society is becoming more and more dependent on the proper operation of critical infrastructures - the interconnected electrical power system, the drinking water ...