CIV5320 - Case studies in transportation systems - 2018

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Engineering

Organisational Unit

Department of Civil Engineering

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jeff Walker

Coordinator(s)

tba

Unit guides

Offered

Suzhou

  • Term 3 2018 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

None

Co-requisites

none

Prohibitions

none

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Transportation Systems with South East University, China.

Synopsis

This unit develops students' understanding of the use of computer models in transportation systems analysis. The unit considers the role of commercial transportation systems analysis packages to address real life application problems in transport planning and operations management. Students will become familiar with modelling packages used for strategic modelling of transportation networks and mesoscopic or microscopic simulation packages which can address operational issues.

Outcomes

After completing this unit students will be able to:

  1. formulate, calibrate, apply and interpret a range of strategic and operations focused transportation models
  2. appraise various transport models to assess their strengths, weaknesses and suitability for particular modelling tasks
  3. justify the role of analytical modelling in transportation planning and operations management
  4. synthesise insight from the literature, model outputs and/or data collected as part of a study to frame appropriate recommendations which address the aims or objectives of the study
  5. demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills

Assessment

Written reports and oral presentation: 100%

Workload requirements

300 hours

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This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Civil Engineering