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This chapter presents the fundamentals of the theory and techniques of traffic assignment problem. It first presents the steady-state traffic assignment problem formulation which is also called static assignment, followed by Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA), where the traffic demand on the network is time varying. The static assignment problem is shown in a mathematical programming setting for two different objectives to be satisfied. The first one where all users experience same travel times in alternate used routes is called user-equilibrium and another setting called system optimum in which the assignment attempts to minimize the total travel time. The alternate formulation uses variational inequality method which is also presented. Dynamic travel routing problem is also reviewed in the variational inequality setting. DTA problem is shown in discrete and continuous time in terms of lumped parameters as well as in a macroscopic setting, where partial differential equations are used for the link traffic dynamics. A Hamilton–Jacobi- based travel time dynamics model is also presented for the links and routes, which is integrated with the macroscopic traffic dynamics. Simulation-based DTA method is also very briefly reviewed. This chapter is taken from the following Springer publication and is reproduced here, with permission and with minor changes: Pushkin Kachroo, and Neveen Shlayan, “Dynamic traffic assignment: A survey of mathematical models and technique,” Advances in Dynamic Network Modeling in Complex Transportation Systems (Editor: Satish V. Ukkusuri and Kaan Özbay) Springer New York, 2013. 1-25.

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You are here, developing next-gen traffic signal control systems with air quality in mind.

After a summer that broke all sorts of dismal records in terms of cataclysmic wildfires across North America, there is now an even greater awareness of poor air quality—its myriad health impacts and the overwhelming need for sustainable solutions.

To that end, Yu Yang , an assistant professor of computer science and engineering in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, is leading two research projects, with new support from the National Science Foundation, ultimately aimed at improving the air we breathe.

The most recent award will fund his work using machine learning techniques to develop socially informed traffic signal control systems to reduce air pollution caused by vehicle emissions. 

In dense urban areas, vehicles idling at stoplights can contribute to localized air pollution. It’s a problem for everyone—but especially for those with asthma and other health conditions that make them particularly sensitive to airborne particulate matter. Yang and his team are developing a three-pronged method that could allow for a more consistent traffic flow with fewer and/or shorter stops to minimize polluting emissions.

They’ll first develop a low-cost, mobile air-quality sensing system to identify areas of high pollution, and collect the social requirements of different areas. An area with a hospital, for example, might harbor large numbers of sensitive individuals.

“We’ll use those data to then develop a spatial-temporal graph diffusion learning model to determine the traffic situation in our test-bed city of Newark, New Jersey,” says Yang. “In other words, what is both the traffic and the air pollution like at different points of time in different locations?”  

Finally, the researchers will use a reinforcement learning method that will incorporate traffic signals around the city, and simulate how traffic signal control helps improve air quality.

“This is the first project of its kind to incorporate a social component into a traffic control system,” says Yang. “We’re taking both a technical and a social perspective to solve a real-world problem.”

Ultimately, Yang envisions a traffic management system that would enable city transportation officials to control signals in real time, and a web-based system that would show city residents location-specific air quality levels so they can make informed decisions about what activities they do and where.

“Cities can have thousands of these vehicles, and so the problem becomes managing them, and making sure the location of the vehicles satisfies the demand for them,” he says.

He and his team are designing an algorithm to determine the best strategy for ensuring that, on a daily basis, sufficient numbers of vehicles are located in areas of high demand, and that those vehicles are sufficiently charged. 

Their approach will also consider human-system interaction, like how people actually select and interact with the vehicles, he says. “The existing work in this area assumes that people just randomly pick their ride. But that’s not the case, people have preferences for things like how the bike or scooter looks and how much charge it has. Incorporating this kind of information will help us optimize our algorithm so it reflects how people actually use the system.”

He envisions a system that will generate a daily strategy based on the current location and charge level of all vehicles. “Based on the optimal strategy, then the operation center responsible for them can send out their trucks in the night to both charge and transport the bikes or scooters to the areas that will satisfy the next day’s demand.” 

In both projects, the human element plays a key role, says Yang, and that’s what makes them exciting: “These are real problems that citizens are experiencing every day, and by incorporating how people are affected by and affect these systems, we can make them better for everyone.”

Yu Yang, assistant professor, computer science and engineering

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The development and validation of modified fuel for use in the four VVER-440 reactors at the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary has now been completed, Rosatom's nuclear fuel manufacturer subsidiary TVEL announced today. The first consignment of the modified fuel is scheduled to be delivered to the Paks plant later this year.

TVEL said the full package of documents has been submitted to the Hungarian customer, MVM Paks Ltd, for further licensing of the fuel by the national nuclear power regulator. It said the first fuel assemblies have passed acceptance testing at the Elemash Machine-building plant, a TVEL fuel fabrication facility in Elektrostal, Moscow region.

The engineering contract between TVEL and MVM Paks for development of the new VVER-440 fuel was signed in November 2017.

The new modification of second-generation VVER-440 fuel enables an increase in the coolant volume inside the reactor core and optimisation of the hydro-uranium ratio, which would have a positive impact on both the technical and economic performance of the power unit, TVEL said.

TVEL noted the project has involved the participation of a number of Russian nuclear industry enterprises, such as OKB Gidropress (part of Rosatom's machine-building division Atomenergomash), Bochvar Institute (TVEL's material science research facility), Elemash Machine-building plant and Kurchatov Institute national research centre. The new fuel passed a range of hydraulic, longevity and vibration tests at the site of OKB Gidropress research and experiment facility.

Paks, which has a total installed capacity 1902 MWe, is the only operating nuclear power plant in Hungary. It comprises four VVER-440 reactors that were commissioned between 1982 and 1987. It is currently the only VVER-440 plant in the world operating in extended 15-month fuel cycles. It produces about 15 billion kWh of power annually, which is about half of Hungary's electricity generation.

"TVEL Fuel Company and Paks NPP have a longstanding partnership with a number of successfully accomplished projects. Introduction of the new fuel modification at all four power units of the plant would enable our customer to decrease gradually the fuel share in the power generation cost, giving an essential economic impact," TVEL President Natalia Nikipelova said. "Paks NPP contributes about the half of the whole electricity generation in Hungary and, for us as a nuclear fuel manufacturer, it is a matter of professional pride to provide the Hungarian nuclear power units with reliable supplies of fuel that is both high-quality and commercially attractive."

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Finnish utility Fortum signed a contract with TVEL in March 2018 for the supply of the modified fuel for use at its twin VVER-440 Loviisa plant.

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