In search of surrogate safety indicators for vulnerable road users: a review of surrogate safety indicators

Surrogate indicators are meant to be alternatives or complements of safety analyses based on accident records. These indicators are used to study critical traffic events that occur more frequently, making such incidents easier to analyse. This article provides an overview of existing surrogate indicators and specifically focuses on their merit for the analyses of vulnerable road users and the extent to which they have been validated by previous research. Each indicator is evaluated based on its ability to consider the collision risk, which can be further divided into the initial conditions of an event, the magnitude of any evasive action and the injury risk in any traffic event. The results show that various indicators and their combinations can reflect different aspects of any traffic event. However, no existing indicator seems to capture all aspects. Various studies have also focused on the validity of different indicators. However, due to the use of diverse approaches to validation, the large difference in how many locations were investigated and variations in the duration of observation at each location, it is difficult to compare and discuss the validity of the different surrogate safety indicators. Since no current indicator can properly reflect all the important aspects underlined in this article, the authors suggest that the choice of a suitable indicator in future surrogate safety studies should be made with considerations of the context-dependent suitability of the respective indicator.     

基于HHT和BP神经网络的船舶电力系统故障定位

针对船舶电力系统故障难以精确定位的情况,将Hilbert-Huang变换(HHT)和BP神经网络应用于船舶电力系统故障节点定位。首先,采集各节点电流信号,经过EMD分解得到若干IMF分量,对第一个IMF分量进行Hilbert变换得到其瞬时振幅向量。然后,将各节点的瞬时振幅向量之和作为电流信号的特征量输入到带有动量因子的BP神经网络中进行训练,利用训练好的神经网络进行故障节点定位。最后,通过仿真实验验证了所提方法的有效性。     

Isolating high-priority metro and feeder bus transfers using smart card data

Fixed-rail metro (or ‘subway’) infrastructure is generally unable to provide access to all parts of the city grid. Consequently, feeder bus lines are an integral component of urban mass transit systems. While passengers prefer a seamless transfer between these two distinct transportation services, each service’s operations are subject to a different set of factors that contribute to metro-bus transfer delay. Previous attempts to understand transfer delay were limited by the availability of tools to measure the time and cost associated with passengers’ transfer experience. This paper uses data from smart card systems, an emerging technology that automatically collects passenger trip data, to understand transfer delay. The primary objective of this study is to use smart card data to derive a reproducible methodology that isolates high priority transfer points between the metro system and its feeder-bus systems. The paper outlines a methodology to identify transfer transactions in the smart card dataset, estimate bus headways without the aid of geographic location information, estimate three components of the total transfer time (walking time, waiting time, and delay time), and isolate high-priority transfer pairs. The paper uses smart card data from Nanjing, China as a case study. The results isolate eight high priority metro-bus transfer pairs in the Nanjing metro system and finally, offers several targeted measures to improve transfer efficiency.     

Evaluating air emission inventories and indicators from cruise vessels at ports

This paper provides an estimation of air emissions (CO₂, NO_X, SO_X and PM) released by cruise vessels at the port level. The methodology is based on the “full bottom-up” approach and starts by evaluating the fuel consumed by each vessel on the basis of its individual port activities (manoeuvring, berthing and hoteling). The Port of Barcelona was selected as the site at which to perform the analysis, in which 125 calls of 30 cruise vessels were monitored. Real-time data from the automatic identification system (AIS), factor emissions from engine certificates and vessel characteristics from IHS Sea-web database were also collected for the analysis. The research findings show that the most appropriate indicators are inventory emissions per “port-time gross tonnage”, “port-time passenger” and “port time”. These emission indicators improve our understanding of cruise emissions and will facilitate the work that aims to estimate reliably and quickly the in-port ship emission inventories of cruise ports.     

故障树和神经网络在遥测装备故障中的研究

论文通过分析遥测装备的故障特性及其原因,结合对遥测装备变频单元故障树的定性和定量分析。构建了基于故障树的人工神经网络故障诊断断系统,根据系统编写了相应的程序以实现功能。通过实例验证了方法的实用性和有效性,增强了遥测设备的智能故障诊断能力。     

自动交换光网络连接管理系统的研究设计

分析了自动交换光网络连接管理系统的功能需求,设计了连接管理系统的主类,并将主类划分成表示层、业务逻辑层和数据访问层的多层结构.设计了端到端连接的创建流程,并通过时序图说明了对象之间的交互过程,以及对象协作图说明了对象之间的协作关系以及数据流向.最后,通过试验网对实现的连接管理系统进行了测试验证.     

一种新的任意四边形窗口线裁剪算法

线裁剪技术在计算机图形处理中占有重要地位,是计算机图形学中许多重要问题的基础,关于线段的二维裁剪有许多成熟的算法.在分析已有的二维裁剪缺点的基础上,提出了一个新算法.该算法通过将凹四边形区域转为凸四边形区域,并将该区域分为四个区,对线段进行裁剪,实验结果表明该裁剪方法高效、准确.     

平行流交叉口行人过街控制策略研究

为解决平行流交叉口行人与机动车冲突问题,考虑行人与机动车在冲突点为寻找间隙穿越的交替穿插的抢行博弈过程,重新设计行人过街信号相位方案,提出人车搭接相位行人过街模式;考虑行人专用相位过街模式,给出两种行人过街模式的信号控制策略;构建优化模型,并对模型等价变换,降低计算复杂度.结果显示：常规交叉口处于高饱和状态时,两种行人过街模式下平行流交叉口分别降低了73.8%、50.3%的车均延误,故人车搭接相位过街模式效益更优;人车搭接相位过街模式与不考虑行人过街模式相比,交叉口车均延误仅增加 0.6~3.8 s⋅ pcu-1 .研究成果可为平行流交叉口行人信号配时提供理论依据.     

信号控制交叉口左转非机动车过街模式适用性

为分析信号控制交叉口两种左转非机动车过街模式（机动车和非机动车一体化模式以及行人和非机动车一体化模式）的适用条件,在动态交通条件下,定量分析两种模式对典型两相位和四相位信号控制交叉口通行效率和安全性的单独与综合影响。在通行效率方面,选取机动车通行能力作为评价指标;在安全性方面,引入一个可比选交通设计方案的指标——交通当量冲突。通过理论与实例分析,从通行效率和安全性两方面给出了两种模式的适用性。结果表明：两种模式在上述方面均有单独优势;两相位信号控制交叉口,在相应的左转非机动车和机动车交通量条件下两种模式均能同时提高交叉口通行效率和安全性;四相位信号控制交叉口,两种模式均不能同时起到积极作用。     

船舶柴油发电机转速神经网络容错控制

结合人工神经网络与智能容错控制,形成船舶柴油发电机转速神经网络容错控制。对由故障诊断后获取的特征值进行归一化处理,把经过处理的特征值作为神经网络的输入样本集,设计输出样本集,建立BP神经网络和ELMAN神经网络,用整理后的数据训练神经网络,使神经网络具有容错控制功能,并对神经网络模型进行仿真测试。仿真试验显示可以实现对船舶电力系统容错控制,保证船舶的安全运行。