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• Informed versus non-informed taxi drivers: agent-based simulation framework for assessing their performance 

  Salanova Grau, Josep Maria; Moreira-Matas, Luis; Saadallah, Amal; Tzenos, Panagiotis; Aifadopoulou, Georgia; Chaniotakis, Emmanouil; Estrada Romeu, Miguel Ángel (Transportation Research Board (TRB), 2018)
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  Data driven research is becoming a standard in Transport. Recent advances in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning related areas enable the possibility of automatically generating highly-accurate predictive ...
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  Dynamics of the rhythmic morphology on the low-energy Trabucador beach (Ebro delta) 

  Mujal Colilles, Anna; Grifoll Colls, Manel; Ribas Prats, Francesca; Falqués Serra, Albert (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 2019)
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  Observations of rhythmic morphology along the Trabucador beach are contrasted with two numerical models to unravel the mechanisms of their formation. The Trabucador is a long narrow barrier at the SW side of the Ebro ...
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  A simheuristic for the unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance-routing problem with stochastic travel times and reliability considerations 

  Panadero, Javier; Juan Pérez, Ángel Alejandro; Serrat Piè, Carles; Grifoll Colls, Manel; Freixes, Alfons (2019)
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  In the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance-routing problem, a limited fleet of UAVs with driving-range limitations have to visit a series of target zones in order to complete a monitoring operation. This operation ...
• Cruise port activity evolution in the Mediterranean Sea: a compositional data approach 

  Grifoll Colls, Manel; Karlis, Thanassis (2019)
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  Since 1980, the cruise industry has recorded an impressive average passenger growth rate of approximately 7% per annum. From a methodological point of view, the evolution of the cruise traffic in a port system has been ...
• Introduction of autonomous vehicles in traffic flow: theoretical and practical challenges 

  Martínez Díaz, Margarita; Soriguera Martí, Francesc (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  Autonomous driving is expected to revolutionize road traffic solving current issues, especially accidents and congestion. Carmakers, researchers and administrations have been working on the topic for years and significant ...
• Empirical findings regarding lane changing activity on Barcelona B-23 freeway 

  Sala Sanmartí, Marcel; Soriguera Martí, Francesc (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  Lane changing activity is thought to play an important role in the capacity degradation in congested freeways. However, proofs of this negative impact are scarce due to the difficulties in obtaining suitable data. In this ...
• Modeling and comparison of taxi operational modes: case study 

  Salanova Grau, Josep Maria; Estrada Romeu, Miguel Ángel (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  This paper presents an aggregated mathematical model for the estimation of key performance indicators of the taxi market based on the system’s generalized cost function, which is calculated using the expected statistical ...
• A simulation model for public bike-sharing systems 

  Soriguera Martí, Francesc; Casado, V.; Jiménez Meroño, Enrique (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  Urban areas are in need of efficient and sustainable mobility services. Public bicycle sharing systems stand out as a promising alternative and many cities have invested in their deployment. This has led to a continuous ...
• Evolution, the current state and recent trends of the mobility in the city of Barcelona 

  Pérez Díez, Fernando; Cabrerizo Sinca, Julià; Campos Cacheda, Jose Magin (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  The following article analyzes the evolution of the mobility in the city of Barcelona, identifying the current stage, and try to disclose trends in public and private transport that identify mobility patterns. Barcelona ...
• Effect of cruising for parking in illegal on-street parking schemes in urban environment 

  Morillo Carbonell, Carlos; Campos Cacheda, Jose Magin (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  The total amount of daily trips made in a town is outstanding due to urban areas are the most important poles of economic activity in a region and, therefore, where most of the trips end. The trips made by private vehicles ...
• An approximation to technical efficiency in Spanish toll roads through a DEA approach 

  Regalado López, Francisco J.; Campos Cacheda, Jose Magin (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  This research has an academic approach is to know the relative efficiency of toll roads managed by the Administración General del Estado through a DEA approach. The global technical efficiency, local pure technical efficiency ...
• Exploring paradigm shift impacts in urban mobility: autonomous vehicles and smart cities 

  Medina Tapia, Marcos; Robusté Antón, Francesc (Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)
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  Urban mobility is a dynamic system that has had a (slow) natural evolution. Scientists and engineers are currently developing new mobility technologies. A progressive paradigm shift will change everything from the fuel ...

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