Technical > Papers

Taylor N (2006).
The road of discovery - heuristic methods in traffic assignment.
International Symposium of Transport Simulation 2006 (ISTS06) EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Gordon A, White C, Oladeinde F and Collins J (2005).
Developments in variable demand modelling.
Third PTRC Transport Practitoners' Meeting.

Taylor N (2003).
The CONTRAM dynamic traffic assignment model.
Network and Spatial Economics, 3: (2003) 297-322.

Mott MacDonald (2003).
Paper for DIADEM launch seminar.

van Vuren T, Carmichael S, Kroes E (1999)
Dynamiek egen elke prijs?
Verkeerskunde, Vol 50, No 7/8 (July/August 1999), pp 24-30
(in Dutch)

van Vuren T, Daly A and Hyman G (1998)
Modelling departure time choice.
Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk, November 1998, Amsterdam

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Harbord B and Still P (1997).
MOLA - Development of a real time network model.
Proc. IEE Colloquium on strategic control of inter-urban road networks, London, 14 March 1997.

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SNRA (1996).
TANGO Final Report.
Swedish National Road Administration. ARENA, Gothenburg, April 1996.

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Taylor N B (1996).
CONTRAM modelling in the real-time context - a review and prognosis.
TRL Unpublished Project Report PR/TT/088/96. Traffic & Transport, Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne.

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McDonald M and Lyons G D (1996).
Driver Information.
Traffic Engineering and Control , January 1996, p10-15.

Blessington H K and Tarrant D (1995).
The ROMANSE project.
Proc. Institution of Civil Engineers Conference, Birmingham, 9-10 March 1995, p79-87. Thomas Telford Services Ltd, London.

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Harwood N W (1995).
Incident management using MOLA.
Digest No. 1995/039. IEE Colloquium on dynamic control of strategic inter-urban road networks, London, February 1995.

Leonard D R (1995).
Congestion in urban areas caused by incidents.
TRL Report TRL 126. Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne.

van Vuren T, Harris R and Emmerson P (1995).
Convergence monitoring for congested assignment in road scheme appraisal.
Proc. PTRC European Transport Forum, September 1995, Seminar E, vol P392 p91-101.

Ghali M O and Smith M J (1994).
Designing time-of-day signal plans which reduce urban traffic congestion.
Traffic Engineering and Control v35 no12, p672-6.

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Henry J-J ed. (1994).
PRO-GEN Simulation.
Report to PROMETHEUS, September 1994.

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Hobbs A, Fraser I, Castelnau B and Still P (1994).
The use of VMS for strategic network management - the PLEIADES experience.
Proc. First World Congress on ATT and IVHS. Paris, Nov/Dec 1994.

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May A D, Milne D S, van Vliet D, Smith M J and Wisten M (1994).
The network effects of alternative road pricing systems.
Proc. 7th IEE Conference on Road Traffic Monitoring and Control (Pub No 391), April 1994, p46-49.

Richardson C and Davies R F (1994).
Hierarchical modelling in urban traffic appraisal using the LTS model.
Proc. PTRC European Transport Forum, September 12-16 1994, Seminar G, Vol P379, p251-62.

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Rilett L, Benedek C, Rakha H, and van Aerde M (1994).
Evaluation of IVHS options using CONTRAM and INTEGRATION.
Towards an intelligent transport system. Proc. 1st World Congress on applications of transport telematics and IVHS, Volume 2. ERTICO, Paris.

Smith M J, Ghali M O, Wisten M B and May A D (1994).
Road pricing and traffic control with application in York and Cambridge.
Proc. PTRC European Transport Forum, September 12-16 1994, Seminar G, Vol P379, p83-96.

van Vuren T and Leonard D R (1994).
Urban congestion caused by incidents.
Traffic Engineering & Control, Jul/Aug 1994.

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White C, Taylor N B and Hounsell N (1994).
CONTRAM - A computer suite for modelling road congestion.
Traffic Technology International '94. UK & International Press.

Yuen V and Mackie S (1994).
Calgary North Area structure plan road design using CONTRAM.
Proc. International Road Federation Conference and Exposition. Co-sponsored by the Transportation Association of Canada, Ottawa.

Ash N (1993).
New modelling techniques for assessing alternative railway station designs.
Proc. PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, Seminar D, pp 333-350. PTRC, London.

Greenwood D G and Taylor N B (1993).
Parallelising the CONTRAM traffic assignment model.
Proc. ESM'93 Simulation Multiconference, Lyon, June 1993.

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Jayakrishnan R, McNally M G and Cohen M I (1993).
Simulation of advanced traveller information systems (ATIS) - Strategies to reduce non-recurring congestion from special events.
University of California at Berkeley.

Mackie S and Klassen J (1993).
The application of CONTRAM in resolving community traffic issues.
Compendium of technical papers from ITE 63rd Annual Meeting, September 19-22 1993, p253-7. Den Haag, NL.

Milne D (1993).
The network effects of alternative road user charging.
Proc PTRC European Transport Forum, September 13-17 1993, Seminar F, volume P368, p91-102.

Taylor N B (1993).
CONTRAM 6 development objectives.
TRL Project Report PR/TF/11/93. Traffic & Transport, Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne.

Allam S P R and Alfa A S (1992).
Adaptation of CONTRAM to the modelling of temporal distribution of traffic demand.
Canadian J. of Civil Engineering, Vol XIX, No II, p310-322.

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Harris S P, Rabone A J, Randall D and Stevens A (1992).
ROGUS - a simulation of dynamic route guidance systems.
Traffic Engineering & Control, May 1992.

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Hounsell N McLeod F and McDonald M (1992).
Dynamic route guidance: some aspects of optimisation.
Proc. 6th World Conference on Transport Research, Volume 4, p2503-13. Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports, Lyon.

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Stevens A and Hounsell N B (1992).
Simulation modelling of route guidance control strategies.
RTI and IVHS - 25th ISATA Silver Jubilee International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation. 105 June 1992, Florence.

Taylor N B (1992).
Dynamic route guidance with CONTRAM and ROGUS.
Proc. PROMETHEUS Workshop on Simulation, Stuttgart, 14-15 December 1992.

van Vuren T and Davies R (1992).
The use of shadow networks in the determination of limits to traffic growth in heavily congested networks.
Traffic Engineering & Control, Jul/Aug 1992.

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Taylor N B (1990).
CONTRAM5: an enhanced traffic assignment model.
TRL Report RR 249. Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne.

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Leonard D R, Gower P and Taylor N B (1989).
CONTRAM: structure of the model. TRL Report RR 178.
Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne.

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TRL (1989).
CONTRAM User Guides.
TRL Application Guide AG13. Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne (normally supplied with the software).

Kimber R M and Daly P (1986).
Time-dependent queueing at road junctions: observation and prediction.
Transportation Research Vol 20B, No 3. Pergamon.

Stephenson B and Teply S (1984).
The verification of CONTRAM in Edmonton.
Traffic Engineering and Control,

Coombe R D, Annesley T J and Goodwin R P (1983).
The application of CONTRAM in Bahrain.
Traffic Engineering and Control, February 1983, p50-59.

Talbot M and Murray-Clark M (1982).
The use of CONTRAM in London.
Traffic Engineering and Control, December 1982, p605.

Kimber R M and Hollis E M (1979).
Traffic queues and delays at road junctions.
TRL Report LR 909. Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne.

Polak J and Vythoulkas P.
An assessment of the state-of-the-art in the modelling of parking behaviour.
TSU Report 752. Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.

Vincent R (199?).
Safer and more efficient signalized junctions.
TRL Annual Review 1994, p 27-32. Transport Research Laboratory.

Vincent R (199?).
Safer signalized junction design and self-optimizing control.
Journal of Advanced Transportation, v28 n3 p217-26. Institute for Transportation, Duke University NC.

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