MODELS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

This book contains the proceedings of the International Conference “Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems” held at Sapienza, University of Rome, from June 22 to June 23, 2009. The topics dealt with cover theoretical, technological and applicative issues that affect the deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems and concern all ground transport modes: passenger car traffic, bus transit, railways and logistic systems, as well as their single components and the relative interac- tions. However, in order to constitute an Intelligent Transportation System, it is re- quired that a desired state of the elements of the system under control be de- fined and that the functions and technologies applied either provide an im- proved knowledge of the system, thus enabling decision-makers (e.g., trans- port managers, transit users, drivers) to perform the proper actions or, other- wise, enable the system to react to unpredicted perturbances automatically. Indeed, it is properly the design of strategies, functions and technologies ap- plied to achieve predefined objectives efficiently that encompasses the intelli- gence of the system.