TOPICS FOR FINAL STATE EXAMINATION IN THE MASTER S STUDY

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1 TOPICS FOR FINAL STATE EXAMINATION IN THE MASTER S STUDY (for CTU in Prague, Faculty of Transportation Sciences students beginning their study in the academic year and later on) Study program: N 3710 Technology and Technics of Transport and Communications Compulsory courses: Intelligent Transport Systems and Their Components Traffic Flow Theory and Modelling Compulsory-optional courses: Geographical, Localization and Navigation systems Intelligent Vehicle Safety of Transportation Systems 1 st course compulsory: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS 1. Telematics a. What is meant by telematics. b. Definition of telematics. c. Standardization in telematic area standardization bodies. d. Most important telematic applications. 2. Telematic systems in general a. Hierarchy of telematic systems. b. Telematic systems architecture. 3. Telecommunication technologies used in telematics a. DSRC b. IEEE c. IEEE d. IEEE e. IEEE Electronic fee collection a. Principles. b. Reasons for introducing. c. Situation in Europe, in the Czech Republic.

2 5. Electronic fee collection - technologies a. DSRC. b. GNSS/CN. c. LSWA. d. ANPR. 6. E-call a. What is meant by e-call. b. How does e-call work. c. What is Public Service Answering Point (PSAP). d. Position of e-call in Europe. 7. RDS-TMC a. Dynamic navigation b. Technology used for RDS-TMC. c. Traffic information structure in RDS-TMC. d. What are Location tables, Catalogue of events. 8. Global navigation satellite systems principles, technologies, differential global positioning systems, EGNOS a. Basic principles of GNSS and their performance parameters b. Systems in operation or under development GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, COMPASS basic information. c. Differential global positioning systems, EGNOS. 9. Applications of global navigation satellite systems a. Navigation. b. Security applications. c. Vehicle preference applications. d. Electronic fee collection applications. e. Vehicle applications using GNSS. f. Transport modelling. g. Fleet management. h. Examples of applications for various means of transport. 10. Cooperative systems a. Principles C2C, C2I, C2X. b. Applications. c. Possible telecommunication technologies. 11. Railway systems a. ERTMS. b. ECTS levels. c. GSM-R. 12. Telematic applications in air and water transport a. Automated identification system in water telematics b. Vesel Traffic Management and Information Services c. Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System d. ATM Master Plan, ATM levels 13. Basics of project management theory a. What is a Project, what is Project Management, describe project life-cycle Site 2 (of 7)

3 b. What are the key characteristics of successful project manager? c. List and describe the activities related to the initiation phase of project, give practical examples from the ITS area. d. List and describe the activities related to the planning phase of project, give practical examples from the ITS area. e. List and describe the activities related to the execution and closure phase of project, give practical examples from the ITS area. f. What is the purpose of Work-Brakedown-Structure (WBS). Please describe and give example from the ITS area. 14. Feasibility studies preparation a. Describe differences, purposes and objectives of Opportunity study, Pre-feasibility study and Feasibility study (FS). b. Describe key principles of FS preparation variant definitions approach. c. Define the purpose of FS preparation and describe general FS study structure. d. Define and describe general project phases (from the FS point of view) and explain their relation to the cash-flow management. 15. Cost-benefit analysis preparation (CBA) a. Describe key principles of CBA - variant definitions approach, outputs of CBA, etc. b. Define the purpose of CBA preparation and describe general CBA study structure. c. What is the relation between FS and CBA please describe. d. Describe principles of costs and benefits identification and quantification e. Describe the discount rate coefficient s role in CBA. f. Describe principles of sensitivity analysis as a part of CBA. 16. Supervision of ITS projects a. Describe general purpose of supervision projects and ITS related specifics. b. Define the purpose of supervisions. c. Define and describe key supervisory steps. d. Define and describe principles of formal compliance check. e. Define and describe principles of conceptual compliance check. f. Define and describe principles of technical and function compliance check. g. Define and describe principles of financial compliance check. 17. Basics of ITS evaluation problematic a. Describe the relation between ITS architecture and ITS evaluation tools from the perspective of application/system proposal. b. Define and describe the relation between project phases and evaluation approaches/processes. c. List and introduce key world ITS evaluation methodologies. d. Describe the principles of U.S. evaluation methodology e. Describe principles of Finnish evaluation methodology f. Characterize the TEMPO evaluation guidelines 18. Effective proposals of Urban Road Pricing (URP) a. Define possible goals of URP b. Define and describe possible pricing schemes c. Define and describe the key requirements related to the charging zone placement proposal Site 3 (of 7)

4 d. Define and describe parameters affecting the fee set up e. Describe the relation between URP and public acceptance problem. 19. Effective proposals of Active Traffic Management (ATM) systems a. Describe the purpose of ATM systems and expected impacts b. Describe key applications covered by European ATM strategy c. Define and describe key applications covered by so-called European ATM strategy d. Defined and describe key applications covered by so-called U.S. ATM strategy 20. Effective proposals of Multi-modal Realtime Traffic and Travel Inforamtion (MRTTI) systems a. Describe the purpose of MRTTI systems and expected impacts b. Describe the principles for developing effective MRTTI systems 2 nd course compulsory: TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY AND MODELLING 1. Traffic stream definition of traffic stream; what are influencing factors; linear or non linear, basic flowdensity diagram; the basic features of traffic stream 2. Basic traffic parameters definition of basic parameters, L-t diagram and trajectories of vehicles linking to measurement of parameters, average annual daily/weekday traffic, average daily traffic, peak hour factor 3. L-tdiagrams definition time mean speed, space mean speed, relation between both speeds, travel time explanation; measurement of headway 4. Density and occupancy definition of density; how to measure density in praxis, meaning occupancy; relation between density and occupancy 5. Measurement of traffic parameters traffic sensors and traffic survey, real and historical model, examples of measurement traffic parameters; O-D measurement; section speed measurement 6. Traffic models two basic categories of models; deterministic and stochastic models (examples of applications); term of micro and macro simulation 7. Fundamental model in traffic plot relation between q, k, v; explain LOS 8. Microscopic and macroscopic models principles of micro simulation, tasks solved by micro simulation; principle of macroscopic model, application on highway, RLTC principles 9. Traffic sensors intrusive and non intrusive detectors examples, principal of inductive loops, basic forms of inductive loops 10. Traffic sensors measurement of speed detectors measuring speed; measurement by one inductive loop; how measure presence of vehicle in parking places; WIM Site 4 (of 7)

5 11. Video detection and priority of public transport principles of video detection, limitations of applicability; priority detection for busses and trams 12. Statistical models arithmetic mean, dispersion, median; examples of discrete and continues variables; discrete distribution (Poisson, bionomical); distribution of speed; 13. Macroscopic models model speed-density: Greenshields, Greenberg, Underwood, multiregime models; models flow density: parabolic, logarithmic; model speed-flow, definition of LOS 14. Automated incident detection traffic excess: 1st and 2nd type; principles of pattern recognition algorithms and prediction algorithms; meaning of detection rate, False alarm rate, detection time, Tokyo algorithm 3rd course compulsory-optional: (student chooses one of the final state exam courses listed below. The topics are based on compulsory or compulsory-optional study courses.) A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS 1. Introduce Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Main functions, technologies etc. 2. What is model and GIS modeling? What steps are involved in the GIS modeling process? What are some examples of various types of models? 3. Describe the fundamentals of map projection in an earth coordinate system. 4. What are some differences between the Raster data and vector data? 5. What are the fundamental graphical components of spatial data in a GIS? 6. Describe relationships between GIS system and a Database system. 7. Describe three different ways to create and/or edit attribute table data. 8. Describe Topology data model for linear feature class. Why we store the Topology model? 9. What is the meaning of the following terms and acronyms and be familiar with the concepts involved in using each in a GIS context: GPS, DGPS, vector data, geodatabase, raster data, TIN,, DEM, DRG, spatial reference, Geographic and projected coordinates, spheroid, WGS 84, attribute table, topology, data exploration vs. data analysis, query, 10. Explain how many GPS satellites must be used to obtain a horizontal location measurement, and why is this number of satellites necessary? 11. Describe functions and fundamentals of Navigation Systems 12. GPS constellation (how many satellites operates, how many are on orbit in total, satellites elevation, how many of them can be max. visible in one moment) 13. What is DGPS (Differential GPS) and what is it used for 14. Explain, describe or draw WAAS structure (Wide Area Augmentation System, broadcast corrections, main usage) 15. GPS satellite signals and codes (structure, channels, types, usage) 16. GPS accuracy (civil vs. military use) 17. Explain real-time and post processing data accuracy 18. What is PDOP (Positional Dilution of Precision), refraction, interference, how does it work 19. GPS triangulation principle Site 5 (of 7)

6 20. Indoor GPS (Constellation 3Di) 21. What are the GPS error sources B. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE - definition of passive and active safety - main research areas in vehicle safety - vehicle safety and legislation - test methodology for frontal and lateral crash - EuroNCAP vehicle assessment principles - accidentology, data mining, statistics - pre-crash vehicle dynamics - active systems in pre-crash dynamics - vehicle braking, brake assistant and ABS - control loop for anti-lock brake system - preview control, automatic systems - drive assistance systems, radar and infra-red systems - ACC (adaptive cruise control) - car body design principles - crashworthiness of car body - deformation of vehicle in case of frontal crash - deformation zones design parameters - occupant dynamics during crash - injury biomechanics - injury mechanisms - AIS abbreviated injury scale - restraint systems in vehicles - safety belt with pretension system - airbag system design - airbag system control loop - airbag systems sensing - airbag dynamics and thermodynamics - pedestrian protection strategy - active systems in pedestrian protection - motorcycles safety and crash tests - safety of bus rollover test - truck safety systems - compatibility of vehicle accidents - integrated safety systems - e-call system principles, post-crash rescue C. SAFETY OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 1. The basic scheme of diagnostic system 2. The structural scheme of diagnostics system 3. Classification of diagnostic systems Site 6 (of 7)

7 4. Diagnostics model principle of progress design 5. The description of subsystem of diagnostics systems 6. The methodology of prognosis 7. The influence of human on diagnostics system 8. The explanation of failure 9. The kind of failure 10. The explanation of expectation of trouble-free operation, expectation of failure, density expectation of failure, intensity of failure, middle time of trouble-free operation 11. The explanation intensity of failure and processes of degradation 12. The area of acceptability, the area of tolerance, the live curve of system 13. Production yield, price 14. Open and close system, live curve of system 15. Prediction of live curve 16. Explanation of sensibility, the calculation of sensibility on topologic structure of net 17. Certification, accreditation, 18. Life cycle of product, historical stage of quality 19. Interaction human-machine interface, decrease of attention origin, reasons 20. Drivers training, states of human 21. Electroencephalography and the next reasons detection of decrease of attention 22. The basic types of neuron nets and their usage Prague, 22 April 2013 Doc. Ing. Pavel H r u b e š, Ph.D. garantor of the IS (Intelligent Transport Systems) study field Site 7 (of 7)