EECS 509 / IOE 517: Traffic Modeling

The address of this page is: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs509/eecs509.html

EECS 509 / IOE 517 is a course on modeling, analysis, and optimal control of vehicular traffic networks in the context of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). No prior background on traffic engineering is assumed. The course starts with an introduction to those aspects of traffic theory relevant to ITS, in particular the modeling of the dynamics of traffic flow. Then we study traffic networks with special emphasis on two important components of ITS: dynamic route guidance and adaptive control of signalization. The techniques from control theory, optimization, and operations research are employed to solve these problems.

While this course is primarily intended for graduate students in EECS and IOE, undergraduate students may enroll.

This course is a ``core course'' for the Rackham Graduate Certificate Program in Intelligent Transportations Systems.

Prerequitistes: EECS 401 or IOE 315 or Stat 310.

Further information is available in the following documents.

• Course Information for Winter 1997
• Course Syllabus for Winter 1997
• The network traffic simulator INTEGRATION
• Traffic Flow Theory: this is the site where you can find the "state-of-the-art" report of the Transportation Research Board and the Federal Highway Administration on traffic flow theory. Please note that you will need version 3.0 of Acrobat Reader to be able to download the files.
• Statement about Honor Code
• Homework: click below to download ps files of the problem sets:
  • Problem Set 1
  • Problem Set 2
  • Problem Set 3
  • Problem Set 4
  • Problem Set 5
  • Problem Set 6
  • Problem Set 7
  • Problem Set 8
  • Problem Set 9
  • Problem Set 10