Collection, spillback, and dissipation in pedestrian evacuation: A network-based method

We present a method of predicting pedestrian route choice behavior and physical congestion during the evacuation of indoor areas with internal obstacles. Under the proposed method, a network is first constructed by discretizing the space into regular hexagonal cells and giving these cells potentials before a modified cell transmission model is employed to predict the evolution of pedestrian flow in the network over time and space. Several properties of this cell transmission model are explored. The method can be used to predict the evolution of pedestrian flow over time and space in indoor areas with internal obstacles and to investigate the collection, spillback, and dissipation behavior of pedestrians passing through a bottleneck. The cell transmission model is further extended to imitate the movements of multiple flows of pedestrians with different destinations. An algorithm based on generalized cell potential is also developed to assign the pedestrian flow.     

Improving maritime inventory routing: application to a Brazilian petroleum case

The crude oil offloading and supply problem (COSP) is a type of operation maritime inventory routing (MIR) problem encountered by petroleum companies. In COSP, the company not only is responsible for the ship scheduling to carry the crude oil from production sites to discharge ports but also must maintain inventory levels at both ports (production and consumption) between safety operational bounds to avoid disruptions in its crude oil production and/or refining processes. We show how to improve significantly the decision-making process in a Brazilian petroleum company using a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model to represent COSP. Comparison tests with a current ship-scheduling method adopted in the company indicated that the use of the MILP model increased the transportation efficiency and reduced costs by 20% on average. In addition to the quantitative gains, the use of a MILP model to solve COSP has succeeded when encountering real-life events, such as variation in production or consumption rates, berth unavailability, and changes in the storage capacities at ports.     

铁路数字通信传输网络优化浅谈

以宝成线数字通信传输网络的部分优化工程为例,说明数字通信传输网络的优化方案,以满足业务开通、安全等方面的需求。     

兰州北编组站视频监控系统应用研究

视频监控系统是编组站重要的安全监控系统,以兰州北编组站的视频监控系统为背景,详细阐述了编组站视频监控系统的功能需求与应用,并为今后的大型编组站视频监控系统建设提供参考.     

Optimization of transport investment and pricing policies: the role of transport pricing in network design

This paper investigates the role of transport pricing in network design and describes two facts about flow pattern in a transportation system. The first, illustrated by an example of Braess paradox, is that adding a new link to the network does not necessarily minimize the total travel time. The second is that introducing of appropriate toll pricing may reduce not only the total network time but also the travel time for each individual traveller. It follows with the investigations of different system objectives and different pricing policies (only toll pricing and distance‐based pricing are considered), and shows how they affect the system performance and flow pattern. Lastly, a systematic optimization process is proposed for integrated planning of transport network and pricing policies.     

A time‐staged multi‐objective network‐design model

A multi‐objective, time‐staged network‐design problem is formulated. Through transformation, the problem is decomposed into a set of single‐period, single‐objective problems. Lexicographic ordering is instrumental in effecting this transformation; it also allows a backward‐recursion algorithm to be applied using strong pruning criteria. Furthermore, monotonicity properties enable us to solve the problem using the familiar tree‐search algorithms. The solution method has several desirable properties — as shown by an example and a case study of Tripoli Province, Libya. First, the algorithm ensures continuity of project implementation over the multi time‐periods and provides optimality in later computational stages irrespective of the decision at an interim stage. Second, the algorithm tends to provide accessibility to unconnected regions in the study area at low user‐cost without employing weights to the two objective functions of accessibility and user‐cost efficiency. Such a property is deemed advantageous for suggesting transportation investments based purely on purchasing the greatest benefit for each dollar, with political neutrality strictly maintained.     

人机作业分析在轮对生产线中的应用

分析了某企业轮对生产线存在的作业人员与生产设备利用率低的问题,运用基础工业工程中的作业测定的相关方法对车轮生产中的钻辐板孔工序的工时数据进行了分析和整理,运用作业分析法对钻辐板孔工序的人机作业进行了优化与改进,从而得到更为合理的作业方法.     

过程写作法在英语写作教学中的应用

本文对英语写作教学中使用的过程写作法与成果写作法做了对比。在对比的基础上,笔者分析了过程写作法在写作教学实践中所表现的长处与弊端,并提出如何应对目前英语写作教学中的问题。     

强关联性地铁车站的界定及设计要点分析

强关联性车站作为一种新出现的车站形式其被界定的时机对车站方案设计影响重大,在设计阶段需要特别注意,及早甄别。通过定义强关联性车站,从其界定的最佳时机、基本分类以及隐蔽性强关联性车站设计实例,介绍强关联性车站界定要点说明,指出强关联性车站内在关联性以及判别的外在切入点。     

基于GRNN的GSM-R场强覆盖预测算法

在比较Hata模型修正方法和GRNN算法场强覆盖预测效果的基础上,仿真分析了训练集构成和平滑因子选择对GRNN算法预测效果的影响,给出了训练集构成和平滑因子选择的方法;提出了电波传播环境相似系数来表征GRNN模型在不同环境下的适用性。仿真结果表明,两种传播环境的相似系数越大,由一种环境下测试数据确定的GRNN在另一环境下的预测精度越高。