Boston Central Artery/tunnel traffic management using an expert system

Author

Stack, Robert

Author_Institution

Transdyn Controls Inc., Pleasanton, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

9-12 Nov 1997

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

81

Abstract

The Boston Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel project incorporates a state of the art traffic management software system. Traffic incident response strategies have been implemented using a real-time knowledge based expert system. This system graphically displays device networks and response plans to aid in software development and testing. The system develops lane and tunnel closure strategies and detects conflicts within these strategies before they are implemented. The expert system is integrated with other traffic management software components including an operator user interface. This software provides a rapid, flexible response system to serve motorists using the roadway

Keywords

expert systems; graphical user interfaces; object-oriented methods; program testing; road traffic; software engineering; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; Boston Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel project; device networks; flexible response system; lane closure strategies; operator user interface; real-time knowledge based expert system; response plans; traffic incident response strategies; traffic management software system; tunnel closure strategies; Arteries; Displays; Expert systems; Programming; Project management; Real time systems; Software systems; Software testing; System testing; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation System, 1997. ITSC '97., IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4269-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.1997.660453

Filename

660453