A Downtown Space Reservation System: Its Design and Evaluation

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Yueqinen
dc.contributor.committeechairTriantis, Konstantinos P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEdara, Praveen K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTeodorović, Dušanen
dc.contributor.committeememberBish, Douglas R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBish, Ebru K.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:16:25Zen
dc.date.adate2009-10-26en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:16:25Zen
dc.date.issued2009-09-07en
dc.date.rdate2013-05-20en
dc.date.sdate2009-09-18en
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the feasibility of providing innovative and effective solutions for traffic congestion. The design of reservation systems is being considered as an alternative and/or complementary travel demand management (TDM) strategy. A reservation indicates that a user will follow a booking procedure defined by the reservation system before traveling so as to obtain the right to access a facility or resource. In this research, the reservation system is introduced for a cordon-based downtown road network, hereafter called the Downtown Space Reservation System (DSRS). The research is executed in three steps. In the first step, the DSRS is developed using classic optimization techniques in conjunction with an artificial intelligence technology. The development of this system is the foundation of the entire research, and the second and third steps build upon it. In the second step, traffic simulation models are executed so as to assess the impact of the DSRS on a hypothetical transportation road network. A simulation model provides various transportation measures and helps the decision maker analyze the system from a transportation perspective. In this step, multiple simulation runs (demand scenarios) are conducted and performance insights are generated. However, additional performance measurement and system design issues need to be addressed beyond the simulation paradigm. First, it is not the absolute representation of performance that matters, but the concept of relative performance that is important. Moreover, a simulation does not directly demonstrate how key performance measures interact with each other, which is critical when trying to understand a system structure. To address these issues, in the third step, a comprehensive performance measurement framework has been applied. An analytical technique for measuring the relative efficiency of organizational units, or in this case, demand scenarios called network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), is used. The network model combines the perspectives of the transportation service provider, the user and the community, who are the major stakeholders in the transportation system. This framework enables the decision maker to gain an in-depth appreciation of the system design and performance measurement issues.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-09182009-155228en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09182009-155228/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/29021en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartZhao_Y_D_2009.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectData Envelopment Analysis (DEA)en
dc.subjectTransportation performance measurementen
dc.subjectTraffic simulationen
dc.subjectTravel demand management (TDM)en
dc.subjectTrip reservationen
dc.titleA Downtown Space Reservation System: Its Design and Evaluationen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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