Development of an automated pre-sampling plan for construction projects. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Preliminary human factors guidelines for automated highway system designers. Volume I: guidelines for AHS designers.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Automated incident management plan using geographic information systems technology for traffic management centers. Final report.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Human factors design of automated highway systems: first generation scenarios. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

Practicality of automated highway systems. Volume I - summary report. Final report.

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

Automation and cybernetics: Control of a flexible one-link manipulator

States that control is of the essence in cybernetics. Summarizes the dynamic equations for a flexible one-link manipulator moving in the horizontal plane. Employs the finite element method, based on elementary beam theory, during the process of formulation. Develops and instruments a one-link flexible manipulator in order to control its vibration modes. Uses a simple second-order vibration model which permits vibrations on the rod to be estimated using the hub angle. The validation of the dynamic model and the structural analysis of the flexible manipulator is reached using proper infrared cameras and active light sources for determining actual positions of objects in space. Shows that the performance of the control is satisfactory, even under perturbation action.

SMARTnet: A Sensor for Monitoring the Geostationary Ring

As the number of space debris is increasing in the geostationary ring, it becomes mandatory for any satellite operator to avoid any collisions. Space debris in geosynchronous orbits may be observed with optical telescopes. Other than radar, that requires very large dishes and transmission powers for sensing high-altitude objects, optical observations do not depend on active illumination from ground and may be performed with notably smaller apertures. The detection size of an object depends on the aperture of the telescope, sky background and exposure time. With a telescope of 50 cm aperture, objects down to approximately 50 cm may be observed. This size is regarded as a threshold for the identification of hazardous objects and the prevention of potentially catastrophic collisions in geostationary orbits. In collaboration with the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB), the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) is building a small aperture telescope to demonstrate the feasibility of optical surveillance of the geostationary ring. The telescope will be located in the southern hemisphere and complement an existing telescope in the northern hemisphere already operated by AIUB. These two telescopes provide an optimum coverage of European GEO satellites and enable a continuous monitoring independent of seasonal limitations. The telescope will be operated completely automatically. The automated operations should be demonstrated covering the full range of activities including scheduling of observations, telescope and camera control as well as data processing.

Advanced public transportation systems: the state of the art update '98.

Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation of the Intelligent Cruise Control System. Volume I: study results.

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

Expert systems for crash data collection.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations, Washington, D.C.

Commercial vehicle safety -- technology and practice in Europe.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Policy Planning, Office of International Program, Washington, D.C.

Methods for reducing large speed differences in traffic streams. Volume I - inventory of methods. Task A report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

An evaluation of existing incident detection algorithms.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Electronic toll collection systems.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Lateral electronic guidance system for vehicles.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.