Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume II: an interactive tire model for driver/vehicle simulation. Final report.

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

Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume III: a trim model and computer program for determining ground vehicle steady state operating conditions and quasilinear stability coefficients. Final report.

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

Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume IV: user's guide for linear analysis, nonlinear simulation, part task simulation. Final report.

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

An analysis of ultimate performance measures to determine total project impact in Columbus, Georgia from January 1972 - December 1974. Section II - volume I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Programs, Washington, D.C.

Human factors of driver-vehicle interaction in the IVHS environment. Final report.

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

Studies of freight train engineer performance. Final report.

Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

The Department of Motor Vehicles countermeasure - performance report for 1975. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Alcohol Countermeasures, Washington, D.C.

Ultimate performance measures. Analytic study 1.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Programs, Washington, D.C.

The effectiveness of traffic safety material in influencing the driving performance of the general driving population. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Short term rehabilitation (STR) study. Interim analysis of STR performance and effectiveness. 12-month analyses. Interim report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Programs, Washington, D.C.

Post ASAP analysis of project impact on ultimate measures of performance, level III - analytic study one. 1975-1976 period. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Programs, Washington, D.C.

Holography in driver education, training, testing, and research. Final report.

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

Parametric Optimization of Inductively Driven Liner Compression Driver System

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Using DEA and simulation in guiding operating units to improved performance

The potential for the use of DEA and simulation in a mutually supporting role in guiding operating units to improved performance is presented. An analysis following a three-stage process is suggested. Stage one involves obtaining the data for the DEA analysis. This can be sourced from historical data, simulated data or a combination of the two. Stage two involves the DEA analysis that identifies benchmark operating units. In the third stage simulation can now be used in order to offer practical guidance to operating units towards improved performance. This can be achieved by the use of sensitivity analysis of the benchmark unit using a simulation model to offer direct support as to the feasibility and efficiency of any variations in operating practices to be tested. Alternatively, the simulation can be used as a mechanism to transmit the practices of the benchmark unit to weaker performing units by building a simulation model of the weaker unit to the process design of the benchmark unit. The model can then compare performance of the current and benchmark process designs. Quantifying improvement in this way provides a useful driver to any process change initiative that is required to bring the performance of weaker units up to the best in class. © 2005 Operational Research Society Ltd. All rights reserved.

The effects of mailing design characteristics on direct mail campaign performance

Designing effective direct mail pieces is considered a key success factor in direct marketing. However, related published empirical research is scarce while design recommendations are manifold and often conflicting. Compared with prior work, our study aims to provide more elaborate and empirically validated findings for the effects of direct mail design characteristics by analyzing 677 direct mail campaigns from non-profit organizations and financial service providers. We investigate the effects of (1) various envelope characteristics and observable cues on opening rates, and (2) characteristics of the envelope content on the keeping rates of direct mail campaigns. We show that visual design elements on the outer envelope – rather than sender-related details – are the predominant drivers of opening rates. Factors such as letter length, provision of sender information in the letter, and personalization positively influence the keeping rate. We also observe that opening and keeping rates are uncorrelated at the campaign level, implying that opening direct mail pieces is only a necessary condition for responding to offers, but not per se a driver of direct mail response.