• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.143-163
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• 1997

Incident management is significant far the traffic management systems. The management of incidents determines the smoothness of freeway operations. The dynamic nature of incidents and the uncertainty associated with them require solutions based on the incident operator's judgment. Fuzz systems attempt to adapt such human expertise and are designed to replicate the decision making capability of on operator. Fuzzy systems process complex traffic information, and transmit it in a simplified, understandable form to human traffic operators. In this study, fuzzy rules were developed based on data from real incidents on Santa Monica Freeway in LosAngeles. The fuzzy rules ail linguistic based, and hence, user-friendly. A comparison of the results from the linguistic model with the real incident durations indicate that the outputs from the model reliably correspond to real incident durations conditions. The model reliably predicts the freeway incident duration. The modes can thus be used as an effective management tool for freeway incident response systems. The approach could be applied to other problems regarding dispatch systems in transportation.

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.418-427
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.217-222
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• 1999

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.17-28
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• 2011

This study proposed a speed management strategy for the enhancement of traffic safety on freeways. A novel feature of the proposed strategy is to provide desirable speed information to individual vehicles. A microscopic traffic simulator, VISSIM, was used for the performance evaluation. Vehicle trajectory data were used to evaluate the various speed management scenarios including the different levels of proportions of heavy vehicles. The proposed speed management strategy would be a useful precursor for developing an effective traffic control and operations system to prevent traffic accidents on freeways.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.23 no.4 s.82
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• pp.57-69
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• 2005

The goal of this paper is to develop freeway Origin-Destination (OD) demand estimation model using real-time traffic data collected from Freeway Traffic Management System (FTMS). In existing research, the micro-simulation models had been used to get a link distribution proportion by time process. Because of hi-level problem between the traffic flow model and the optimal OD solution algorithm, it is difficult for the existing models to be loaded at FTMS. The formulation of methodology proposed in this paper includes traffic flow technique to be able to remove the bi-level problem and optimal solution algorithm using a genetic algorithm. The proposed methodology is evaluated by using the real-time data of SOHAEAN freeway, South Korea.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.38-47
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• 2009

This paper aims to evaluate the freeway traffic management Strategy based on exTMS according to traffic situation of freeway. As freeway user's demands increase, we thus need future-oriented and optimized traffic management. So, through improving the existing system and introducing the advanced system, these systems evaluate for not only preparing the application in real world but also preliminary feasibility. To evaluate effects of the traffic management based on exTMS, in this study, shoulder LCS, advanced VMS(assumption in it is improving next-generation system which it can be offering diverse dynamic traffic information), Ramp-metering system are applicated in simulation. In addition, this study evaluates the effect when all proposed systems are applicated, and compare the individual effect of when independent system is applicated, through considering about traffic condition of V/C=0.5, V/C=0.8, V/C=1.2. The study results show that all assumed cases, the travel speed were improved according to the increasing V/C. Furthermore, the results of evaluated the individual system show that the shoulder LCS was found to be the largest effect, and the effect of VMS(detour rate is 11%) is larger than the other cases.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.17-30
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• 2002

Incident duration prediction is one of the most important steps of the overall incident management process. An accurate and reliable estimate of the incident duration can be the main difference between an effective incident management operation and an unacceptable one since, without the knowledge of such time durations, traffic impact can not be estimated or calculated. This research presents several multiple linear regression models for incident duration prediction using data consisting of 384 incident cases. The main source of various incident cases was the Traffic Incident Reports filled out by the Motorist Assistant Units of the Korea Highway Corporation. The models were proposed separately according to the time of day(daytime vs. nighttime) and the fatality/injury incurred (fatality/injury vs. property damage only). Two models using an integrated dataset, one with an intercept and the other without it, were also calibrated and proposed for the generality of model application. Some findings are as follows ; ?Variables such as vehicle turnover, load spills, the number of heavy vehicles involved and the number of blocked lanes were found to significantly affect incident duration times. ?Models, however, tend to overestimate the duration times when a dummy variable, load spill, is used. It was simply because several of load spill incidents had excessively long clearance times. The precision was improved when load spills were further categorized into "small spills" and "large spills" based on the size of vehicles involved. ?Variables such as the number of vehicles involved and the number of blocked lanes found not significant when a regression model was calibrated with an intercept. whereas excluding the intercept from the model structure signifies those variables in a statistical sense.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.87-96
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• 1999

It is very important to analyze the capacity of basic freeway section in terms of planning, design, and operation of roads. Capacity, in Korean Highway Capacity Manual was Published in 1992, had been determined by data collected in only 4-lane freeway. But, Korea is continuously planning and constructing multi-lane roads for increasing traffic demand. For this reason, it is necessary to determine the capacity for multi-lane freeways. This study goals are two-fold the determination of lane capacity for 8-lane freeway; and the development of methodology determining total capacity using lane friction factor This study utilized the data collected by loop detectors at a station of FTMS in Kyungbu expressway. For determining capacities, this study analyzed maximum flow rate in various aspects such as collecting period, each lane, and total lane in one-way. In addition, this study evaluated the breakdown in traffic flow relations in order to find out interrelation of breakdown among lanes. Through this analysis, this study determined lane friction factors, critical speed, and critical density. Finally, this study expressed a new methodology of capacity analysis for multi-lane freeways using some findings from this analysis.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.101-111
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• 1998

현재 고속도로 교통관리시스템(FTMS)에 사용되고 있는 차량 검지기는 주로 루프 식 검지기가 이용되고 있으나, 유지관리에 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제 점을 갖고 있는 루프 검지기를 대체하기 위한 대체 검지기를 개발하는데 그 목적이 있다. 자기 검지기 신뢰도 평가는 현장 실험으로 이루어지며 비디오 촬영 및 루프 검지기, test car를 이용하여 교통량·속도·점유율의 기준자료를 마련하고 자기 검지기 자료와 비교·분석 및 통계적 검정을 실시하였다. 1차 실험과 2차 실험의 결과, 교통량과 속도는 실측자료와 유사했으나 점유율은 실측치와 다소 차이가 발생함을 보였다. 향후 점유율에 대한 보정이 이루어진다면 현재 사용중인 루프 검지기를 대체할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.139-148
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• 1998

과학의 발달과 인간의 편리성 추구 성향에 따라 다양한 분야에서 소리를 이용한 기계·전자 시스템에 대한 연구 개발이 진행 중이다. 아마도 소리를 감지할 수 있는 센서 가격의 저렴함과 인간에게 있어서는 가장 편리한 방법이기 때문일 것이다. 이러한 생각을 바탕으로 소리라는 변수를 교통분야에 응용할 수 있는 분야를 생각해 볼 때 본 연구는 검지기를 이용한 교통 신호제어 분야를 제안하고자 한다. 검지기를 중심으로 한 교통 제어 시스템은 교통관리 측면에서 매우 중요한 분야를 차지하고 있다. 기존 고비용의 검지기 시스템들은 실제 상황에서는 그 투자 비용의 가치만큼 역할을 수행하지 못하고 있으며, 주요 교차로나 고속도로만을 교통변수 측정 및 교통제어의 대상으로 삼고 이들에 대해서만 검지 시스템을 운용하는 등 실용화측면에서 많은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 저렴하면서도 주요 교차로를 제외한 여타의 비주요 교차로 등과 같은 어떠한 교통 여건에도 적용할 수 있는 소음검지기법의 개발은 실로 높은 연구 가치가 있다고 사료된다. 소음검지시스템은 교통상황변수중 가장 주용한 교통량과 도로 소음과의 상관 관계를 이용하여 신호제어를 하는 원리로 구성된다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 시스템의 제안을 위해 교통소음과 교통량이 어떠한 상관관계를 형성하는 가를 분석하였으며 이를 바탕으로 응용할 수 있는 신호제어 시스템의 일부 교통관련 분야를 제안하였다.