Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Methods and Models in Transport and Telecommunications

Cross Atlantic Perspectives

  • Book
  • © 2005

Overview

Editors:
  1. Aura Reggiani

    1. Department of Economics Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Laurie A. Schintler

    1. George Mason University, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction: Cross Atlantic Perspectives in Methods and Models Analysing Transport and Telecommunications

    • Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler
    Pages 1-8

  3. Transportation, Communication and Sustainability: In Search of a Pathway to Comparative Research

    • William R. Black, Peter Nijkamp
    Pages 9-22

  4. Traffic Forecasting and Transport Network Analysis

    1. Urban Travel Forecasting in the USA and UK

      • David E. Boyce, Huw C. W. L. Williams
      Pages 25-44

    2. Towards Developing a Travel Time Forecasting Model for Location-Based Services: A Review

      • Jinsoo You, Tschangho John Kim
      Pages 45-61

    3. Transportation Networks, Case-Based Reasoning and Traffic Collision Analysis: A Methodology for the 21st Century

      • Kaidong Li, Nigel M. Waters
      Pages 63-92

    4. A Sketch and Simulation of an Integrated Modelling Framework for the Study of Interdependent Infrastructure-Based Networked Systems

      • Kieran P. Donaghy, Jose F. Vial, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Nazmiye Balta
      Pages 93-117

  5. Freight Transport

    1. Can Freight Transport Models Be Transferred Across the Atlantic?

      • Kenneth Button
      Pages 121-141

    2. Dynamic Game-Theoretic Models of Urban Freight: Formulation and Solution Approach

      • Terry L. Friesz, Jose Holguín-Veras
      Pages 143-161

    3. A Multi-Criteria Methodology for Stated Preferences Among Freight Transport Alternatives

      • Michel Beuthe, Christophe Bouffioux, Jan De Maeyer, Giovanna Santamaria, Marie Vandresse, Els Vandaele et al.
      Pages 163-179

    4. An Adaptive Conjoint Analysis of Freight Service Alternatives: Evaluating the Maritime Option

      • Angela Stefania Bergantino, Simona Bolis
      Pages 181-198

  6. Telecommunications and Air Transport

    1. Small-World Phenomena in Communications Networks: A Cross-Atlantic Comparison

      • Laurie A. Schintler, Sean P. Gorman, Aura Reggiani, Roberto Patuelli, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 201-220

    2. The Diffusion of Cellular Phones: A Model for Italy and a Comparison with the United States

      • Domenico Campisi, Roberta Costa, Carlo Tesauro
      Pages 221-237

    3. Congestion Charging at Airports: Dealing with an Inherent Complexity

      • Milan Janic, Roger R. Stough
      Pages 238-267

    4. Short- and Long-Term Reaction of European Airlines to Exogenous Demand Shifts

      • Marco Alderighi, Alessandro Cento
      Pages 269-295

  7. Sustainable Transport and Policy Perspectives

    1. Taxes and the Environmental Impact of Private Car Use: Evidence from 68 Cities

      • Keiko Hirota, Jacques Poot
      Pages 299-317

    2. European Perspectives on a New Fiscal Framework for Transport

      • Stephen Potter, Graham Parkhurst, Ben Lane
      Pages 319-333

    3. Time and Travel

      • David Banister
      Pages 35-333

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 349-364
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

One aspect of the new economy is a transition to a networked society, and the emergence of a highly interconnected, interdependent and complex system of networks to move people, goods and information. An example of this is the in creasing reliance of networked systems (e. g. , air transportation networks, electric power grid, maritime transport, etc. ) on telecommunications and information in frastructure. Many of the networks that evolved today have an added complexity in that they have both a spatial structure – i. e. , they are located in physical space but also an a spatial dimension brought on largely by their dependence on infor mation technology. They are also often just one component of a larger system of geographically integrated and overlapping networks operating at different spatial levels. An understanding of these complexities is imperative for the design of plans and policies that can be used to optimize the efficiency, performance and safety of transportation, telecommunications and other networked systems. In one sense, technological advances along with economic forces that encourage the clustering of activities in space to reduce transaction costs have led to more efficient network structures. At the same time the very properties that make these networks more ef ficient have also put them at a greater risk for becoming disconnected or signifi cantly disruptedwh en super connected nodes are removed either intentionally or through a targeted attack.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Methods and models consists of two introductory chapters … and 15 more chapters organized into four parts. … Mathematical material is generally well presented … . Methods and Models makes a valuable contribution to the international and interdisciplinary study of transport and telecommunication networks. It should spur researchers in each area to widen their horizons." (Robin Lindsey, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 47 (2), 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Aura Reggiani

  • George Mason University, USA

    Laurie A. Schintler

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation