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In recent decades, China has transitioned from an inherently agricultural country to an emerging economic titan with a vast transportation network that befits its newly globalized status. Through this fast-paced economic development, the country soon became a nation of drivers. By 2019, the country had 260 million automobiles and 397 million drivers, most of whom were only years from being a novice. In 2019 alone, another 26 million new drivers joined the Chinese roadways. At the same time, China encountered many traffic-related problems: overcrowded urban areas, a deteriorating environment, the chaos of traffic signs, the building boom due to urbanization, and the pressure of traffic management, among others.Historically, China was never a country adept at traffic and transportation. Despite this, it has been trying to catch up with the world's pace and to welcome its guests from across the globe. This book zeroes in on the authentic discourses in Chinese traffic by demonstrating the interaction between traffic signs and their users (specifically the new drivers who are unfamiliar with traffic contexts, driving, or the Chinese language). Guangzhou (Canton), a prosperous first-tier city with over 20 million residents, was chosen as the sampling area for this study. The book scrutinizes the city's traffic signage, its drivers' experiences, and its traffic authorities' comments in order to provide a true picture of China, shifting from a country with big traffic to one with modern traffic.

Traffic signs and signals --- Automobile drivers --- Communication and traffic

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Traffic engineering --- Traffic flow --- Highway capacity --- Capacity, Highway --- Traffic capacity, Highway --- Traffic volume --- Traffic surveys --- Traffic density --- Engineering, Traffic --- Road traffic --- Street traffic --- Traffic, City --- Traffic control --- Traffic regulation --- Urban traffic --- Highway engineering --- Transportation engineering --- Computer simulation --- E-books --- Traffic engineering. --- Traffic signs and signals. --- Road signs --- Roads --- Roadside traffic signs --- Traffic control devices --- Traffic signaling --- Transportation, Automotive --- Highway communications --- Signs and signboards --- Transportation markings --- Mathematical models. --- Signs --- Traffic signs --- Accessories

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This work presents a full generic approach to the detection and recognition of traffic signs. The approach, originally developed for a mobile mapping application, is based on the latest computer vision methods for object detection, and on powerful methods for multiclass classification. The challenge was to robustly detect a set of different sign classes in real time, and to classify each detected sign into a large, extensible set of classes. To address this challenge, several state-of-the-art methods were developed that can be used for different recognition problems. Following an introduction to the problems of traffic sign detection and categorization, the text focuses on the problem of detection, and presents recent developments in this field. The text then surveys a specific methodology for the problem of traffic sign categorization – Error-Correcting Output Codes – and presents several algorithms, performing experimental validation on a mobile mapping application. The work ends with a discussion on future lines of research, and continuing challenges for traffic sign recognition.

Image processing and computer vision. --- Pattern recognition systems. --- Traffic signs and signals -- Data processing. --- Computer vision --- Pattern recognition systems --- Traffic signs and signals --- Driver assistance systems --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Applied Physics --- Transportation Engineering --- Data processing --- Control systems. --- Traffic signal control systems --- Computer science. --- Image processing. --- Computer Science. --- Image Processing and Computer Vision. --- Sociotechnical systems --- Computer vision. --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Artificial intelligence --- Image processing --- Optical data processing. --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Bionics --- Electronic data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Optical equipment

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This book develops a methodology for designing feedback control laws for dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) exploiting the introduction of new sensing and information-dissemination technologies to facilitate the introduction of real-time traffic management in intelligent transportation systems. Three methods of modeling the traffic system are discussed: partial differential equations representing a distributed-parameter setting; continuous-time ordinary differential equations (ODEs) representing a continuous-time lumped-parameter setting; and discreet-time ODEs representing a discrete-time lumped-parameter setting. Feedback control formulations for reaching road-user-equilibrium are presented for each setting and advantages and disadvantage of using each are addressed. The closed-loop methods described are proposed expressly to avoid the counter-productive shifting of bottlenecks from one route to another because of driver over-reaction to routing information. The second edition of Feedback Control Theory for Dynamic Traffic Assignment has been thoroughly updated with completely new chapters: a review of the DTA problem and emphasizing real-time-feedback-based problems; an up-to-date presentation of pertinent traffic-flow theory; and a treatment of the mathematical solution to the traffic dynamics. Techinques accounting for the importance of entropy are further new inclusions at various points in the text. Researchers working in traffic control will find the theoretical material presented a sound basis for further research; the continual reference to applications will help professionals working in highway administration and engineering with the increasingly important task of maintaining and smoothing traffic flow; the extensive use of end-of-chapter exercises will help the graduate student and those new to the field to extend their knowledge. Advances in Industrial Control reports and encourages the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.

Engineering. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Control engineering. --- Civil engineering. --- Control. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Civil Engineering. --- Electronic traffic controls. --- Feedback control systems. --- Traffic signs and signals, Electronic --- Electronics in transportation --- Highway communications --- Traffic safety --- Traffic signs and signals --- Feedback mechanisms --- Feedback systems --- Automatic control --- Automation --- Discrete-time systems --- Adaptive control systems --- Feedforward control systems --- Control and Systems Theory. --- Engineering --- Public works --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Government policy --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Management

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This textbook introduces the basics principles of intersection signalization including need studies, signal phasing, sequencing, timing, as well as more advanced topics such as detectors, controllers, actuated control schemes, and signal coordination. The book covers a variety of topics critical to the set up and operation of intersections controlled by traffic signals. Professor Ni imparts a basic understanding of how intersections work, what justifies intersection signalization, how to properly design phasing and timing plans for intersections, what is needed to run traffic-responsive signals, the workings of traffic controller cabinets, and how to set up signal coordination at multiple intersections—competencies essential to transportation professionals in charge of traffic operation at federal, state, and local levels. Aimed at students in transportation engineering programs with a focus on intersection signalization, the book is also ideal for researchers of traffic dynamics and municipal civil and transportation engineers.

Transportation engineering. --- Traffic engineering. --- Control engineering. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. --- Control and Systems Theory. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Traffic signs and signals. --- Roads --- Traffic flow. --- Interchanges and intersections. --- Traffic volume --- Traffic engineering --- Traffic surveys --- Highway capacity --- Traffic density --- Cloverleaf (Highway engineering) --- Crossroads --- Grade separation (Highway engineering) --- Interchanges (Highway engineering) --- Intersections (Highway engineering) --- Road signs --- Roadside traffic signs --- Traffic control devices --- Traffic signaling --- Transportation, Automotive --- Highway communications --- Signs and signboards --- Transportation markings --- Signs --- Traffic signs --- Traffic control --- Accessories --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Accidents --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Flow of water --- Water --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Automation --- Programmable controllers --- Engineering, Traffic --- Road traffic --- Street traffic --- Traffic, City --- Traffic regulation --- Urban traffic --- Highway engineering --- Transportation engineering --- Prevention --- Mathematics --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology