Development of the infrastructure for a multi-agent traffic management system simulation

This document contains detailed description of the design and the implementation of a multi-agent application controlling traffic lights in a city together with a system for simulating traffic and testing. The goal of this thesis is to design and build a simplified intelligent and distributed solution to the problem with the traffic in the big cities following different good practices in order to allow future refining of the model of the real world. The problem of the traffic in the big cities is still a problem that cannot be solved. Not only is the increasing number of cars a reason for the traffic jams, but also the way the traffic is organized. Usually, the intersections with traffic lights are replaced by roundabouts or interchanges to increase the number of cars that can cross the intersection in certain time. But still there are places where the infrastructure cannot be changed and the traffic light semaphores are the only way to control the car flows. In real life, the traffic lights have a predefined plan for change or they receive information from a centralized system when and how they have to change. But what if the traffic lights can cooperate and decide on their own when and how to change? Using this problem, the purpose of the thesis is to explore different agent-based software engineering approaches to design and build a non-conventional distributed system. From the software engineering point of view, the goal of the thesis is to apply the knowledge and use the skills, acquired during the various courses of the master program in Software Engineering, while solving a practical and complex problem such as the traffic in the cities.

Quality management, environmental management and firm performance in the Spanish hotel industry

Comunicación presentada en el XVI Simposio Internacional de Turismo y Ocio, ESADE, 23 mayo 2007.

Internalization of quality management in service organizations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the internalization of quality management (QM) on the basis of quality certifiable standards – also referred to as meta-standards – in service organizations. More specifically, the paper analyzes the case of the internalization of a quality standard in the Spanish hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the relationships between the measures of internalization, benefit, QM tools and motivation, using partial least squares in the framework of the structural equation modeling technique. Findings – The results show that the hotels that have internalized the standard to a greater extent are more likely to be driven by internal motivation, develop more QM tools and achieve greater benefits than the hotels with a lower degree of internalization. Originality/value – As previous studies have examined these issues in relation to the internalization of ISO standards, the present study adds to this important stream of research and contributes by advancing the understanding of these issues through the case of a specific standard for the hotel industry.

Studies supporting the evaluation of the Uniform Tire Quality Grading System Program effects on the consumer marketplace. Final technical report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Proceedings of the Second American-Soviet Symposium on the Use of Mathematical Models to Optimize Water Quality Management, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, August 27-30, 1979 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Air quality management.

Mode of access: Internet.

Water quality management program, supplemental guidance for FY 81

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Lawrence Avenue underflow sewer system : interim report, planning and construction /

"March 1980."

Evaluation of the refuse management system at the Jersey City operation breakthrough site /

Mode of access: Internet.

Water quality management five year strategy, fy 81-baseline.

Jan. 1980.

Conservation districts and 208 water quality management ... /

Mode of access: Internet.

Advanced quality systems : guidelines for establishing and maintaining construction quality databases /

"HRDI-12/11-06(2M)E"--P. [4] of cover.

Integration of inertial profilometer in ODOT Pavement Management System. Final report.

Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus.

Preparation of instructional materials: highway safety management system plan and problem identification. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Wet weather highway accident analysis and skid resistance data management system. Volume 2: user's manual. Final report.

Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge