The feedback based integrated assessment model ANEMI represents the society-biosphereclimate- economy-energy system of the earth and biosphere. The development of ANEMI model is done using the system dynamics simulation approach that (a) allows understanding and modeling of complex global change...

In flood frequency analysis, a flood event is mainly characterized by peak flow, volume and duration. These three variables or characteristics of flood are random in nature and mutually correlated. In this article, a methodology is developed to derive bivariate joint distributions of the flood...

Many claim that, with regard to transportation infrastructure, only partnerships between public and private entities, which draw on the strengths of both, can achieve the goals of enhancing operational efficiency, increasing service delivery, improving asset maintenance, and stretching scarce...

Microbial risk assessment (MRA) is a process that evaluates the likelihood of adverse human health effects following exposure to a medium in which pathogens are present. Several different classes of models are available to quantitatively characterize risks to human health from exposure to...

The low bid method has been the most common competitive bid selection approach used for public projects in the U.S. construction industry. This method is usually coupled with a prequalification process to ensure that the lowest bidder has the financial capacity, the necessary experience, and...

The management of innovation is a complex task and the management of suppliers' innovative activities is especially so because it involves managing technological factors across the traditional boundaries of the firm. This paper explores the determinants of suppliers' innovative activities by...

This paper calibrates on-line the parameters of a controller-estimated driver behavior model used in a deployable behavior-consistent approach for real-time route guidance by checking the consistency between the time-dependent actual and estimated system states. The behavior model has a fuzzy...

This paper develops behavior models to analyze traveler propensity towards a new “very light jet”-based on-demand air service (ODAS), also labeled air taxi service, with the broader objective of providing guidance for the enabling stakeholders including business operators, policy-makers and...

The US government annually spends billions of dollars on transit projects. State transit agencies as the owners of these projects hire designers, construction contractors, vendors, and consultants to execute the project. An appropriate project delivery method can assist them in achieving the...

The accuracy and quality of river forecasts are dependent on the nature of each flood. Less extreme , more common, floods may afford deviations between the predicted forecast and observed stage because the locals may be prepared, based on past experience to deal with the less extreme flood...