Japanese perspective of driver information systems

A perspective view of of Japanese R&D activities of Driver Information Systems is given from the standpoint of developing joint projects by public and private sectors. First, a brief history of the R&D activities is illustrated from above mentioned standpoint. Then, two major projects, AMTICS and RACS, and the social backgrounds of these projects are explained. In order to give a clear idea of both projects some technical details are treated.Based on the history and the present status of the developments, the basic design conceptions of Japanese Driver Information Systems are explained and several factors or reasons which have influenced to the design conception are discussed. Then, the promoting systems of the R&D activities are generally explained and present status of the projects and future problems in developing more advanced systems are also handled. A brief discussion on the establishment of international standard is also mentioned as a final comment.     

Using longitudinal methods for analysis of a short-term transportation demonstration project

This paper documents an application of panel, or longitudinal data collection in the evaluation of a TSM (Transportation Systems Management) demonstration project. The project was a four-week demonstration of staggered work hours in downtown Honolulu during February–March 1988. The 4 wave panel survey elicited commuting experiences of approximately 2,000 downtown employees at two week intervals before and during the project. The sample involved both employees who participated in the project by shifting their work hours, and those who did not. The panel survey was augmented by floating-car observations of travel times on major routes into downtown Honolulu on the same four dates.The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether employee commute times were affected, and if so, how these changes were distributed among various employee segments. Two methods were used. First, travel time changes were estimated using paired t-tests. Second, regression equations were used to estimate project time savings as a function of trip length, route, and location of residence. Results show that travel time savings due to the project were typically small, less than ten percent. Nonparticipants experienced greater savings than participants, and some segments of participants experienced longer travel times during the project. The panel method proved to be an effective way to measure project travel time impacts and shows that the method is appropriate in short time applications.Presented at the Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, January 7–11. 1990, Washington, D.C.     

Aggregate expenditure elasticity for transport and communication in Australia

For the purpose of estimating Engel elasticity, one needs to find the best functional form among various alternatives. In this paper, a new function, which is called the double semi-log Engel function turns out to be the best functional form for the transport and communication items in Australia on the basis of the distance function (D²) criterion, and the non-nested hypothesis testing procedure. This function is then used to estimate total expenditure elasticity, and the percentage change in consumer demand due to changes in total expenditure and total expenditure inequalities; using the 1975–76 Household Expenditure Survey data. The results of the analyses demonstrate that transport and communication is a necessary item in Australia on the basis of two criteria, viz., its elasticity is not significantly greater than unity, and the percentage change in demand increases with a decrease of the total expenditure inequality [emphasised by Iyengar (I960)]. Policy implication of the analyses has also been discussed.     

客运专线综合接地系统的仿真与研究

客运专线列车运行速度高、牵引电流大、短路电流大、行车密度高,导致钢轨电位急剧升高。为防止引起人身设备安全问题,客运专线设计引进了系统综合接地的概念和技术要求。本文结合理论计算模型研究和综合接地系统的仿真结果,对涉及人身安全的接地典型方案进行系统集成和评估,并提出了适宜于我国客运专线电气化铁道的综合接地系统。     

基于光纤通信的半自动闭塞系统

分析了半自动闭塞系统的功能需求，指出了继电半自动闭塞系统的不足。给出了基于光纤通信网的计算机半自动闭塞系统设计方案。研制光纤半自动闭塞系统的工程样机并成功应用于舞钢线铁山等车站，应用效果表明，该系统满足半自动闭塞系统的功能和安全需求。     

改进的BP神经网络在铁路客运量时间序列预测中的应用

针对目前铁路客运量预测方法的不足,采用改进的BP神经网络对铁路客运量时间序列进行预测。分析改进的BP神经网络原理,对1980年—1998年的铁路客运量进行归一化处理,建立铁路客运量时间序列神经网络预测模型,设计网络参数,进行网络学习与训练的仿真试验。对比分析改进的BP神经网络与标准的BP神经网络预测结果,证明改进的BP神经网络预测结果更准确,精度更高。     

基于神经网络的汽轮发电机组推力瓦块拆检周期改进

运用人工神经网络的方法对某舰用汽轮发电机组的滑油铜含量进行分析,找出铜含量的变化规律,然后与曲线拟合进行数据处理的方法作比较,结果表明,基于遗传算法的BP网络模型比曲线拟合模型的预报精度明显提高,预报结果稳定,且建立模型的过程较为简单。     

控制网元素的全精度估计

在布设工程控制网时 ,常遇到依据点与所布点部分或全部同级的情况 ,笔者应用广义平差原理 ,有效地解决了起始数据平差的问题 ,从而保证了控制网精度     

部分预应力混凝土梁裂缝宽度应用BP网络计算的研究

本文利用BP神经网络模型,对部分预应力混凝土矩形截面梁裂缝宽度的计算方法进行了探讨。首先,通过理论分析,找出影响预应力混凝土梁裂缝宽度的主要因素,在此基础上,建立预测预应力混凝土梁裂缝宽度的优化BP神经网络模型。然后,针对所建模型,输入一定量的实测的预应力混凝土梁裂缝宽度数据样本,进行模型参数的训练和学习,利用人工元神经网络的特点,训练好裂缝宽度计算模型。仿真计算的结果表明,应用人工元神经网络方法,进行部分预应力混凝土梁的裂缝宽度的预测计算是可行的,而且与我国现行规范公式的计算结果相比,计算精度更高。     

开放体系结构应用研究

在以用户需求为核心的今天，分布式异构网络的解决方案应该是开放的。介绍了目前开放体系结构的技术规范，包括Web服务协议栈和Web服务体系结构堆栈等，以及开放体系在网络中心战中的应用。