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<BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" link="cc0000" vlink="cc0000" text="#000000"> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br>   <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=480><tr valign=top> <td width=10><img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 hspace=4 border=0></td> <td width=470> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B><I><A HREF="../../ORMS.shtml" TARGET="_top">OR/MS Today</A> - December 2002</I></B></font><BR> <hr size="1"> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> <font face="times new roman, times"> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B>New Books</B></FONT><br> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=8 border=0><br> <hr size="1"> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br>    <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Handbook of Transportation Science, Second Edition</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B>Edited by Randolph W. Hall</B></FONT><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> Over the past 35 years, a substantial amount of theoretical and empirical scholarly research has been developed across the discipline domains of transportation. This research has been synthesized into a systematic handbook that examines the scientific concepts, methods and principles of this growing and evolving field. The "Handbook of Transportation Science" outlines the field of transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends transportation technology and methods. Whether by car, truck, airplane  or by a mode of transportation that has not yet been conceived  transportation obeys fundamental properties. The science of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the behavior of another. Transportation scientists are motivated by the desire to explain spatial interactions that result in movement of people or objects from place to place. Its methodologies draw from physics, operations research, probability and control theory.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> The 18 chapters are written by the leading researchers in transportation science as a continual effort to explore the scientific nature and state-of-the-art of the field. As such, it is directed to all the research and practitioner domains of transportation. It has been expanded from the first edition through the addition of four chapters. Chapter 15 extends the networks section of the book by addressing supply chains, distribution networks and logistics. While the emphasis is on freight transportation, the principles for network design extend to other applications, such as public economics.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> Chapters 16 through 18 fall in a new section on transportation economics. Chapter 16 addresses revenue management, a relatively recent topic in transportation, which has had substantial impact on the airline industry in particular. Chapter 17 presents spatial interaction models, which provides a mechanism for analyzing patterns of development. Chapter 18 provides the principles of transportation economics, with emphasis on pricing and public policy. In addition to the new chapters, the original chapters have been updated and revised.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> <I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Tools for Thinking: Modelling in Management Science, Second Edition</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B>By Michael Pidd</B></FONT><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> Thinking things through is easier said than done, but there are tools that can help decision-making. Writing from over 25 years' experience as a management teacher and consultant, Mike Pidd provides the tools for thinking that will help us to examine the consequences of decisions before we act.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> "Tools for Thinking" builds a bridge between the soft and hard OR schools of thought and provides an empirically-based framework in which to place them, thus helping overcome the inherent suspicions of both camps. Focusing on modeling as an activity, rather than on models and techniques, the book argues for its relevance alongside intuition, vision and leadership. Above all it stresses that systematic thinking and analysis has a role to play in organizational life. By introducing the model as a tool for thought, Pidd shows how models can be employed to explore possible future scenarios and to make sense of managerial vision.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of "Tools for Thinking" builds on the success of the original book and shows how both soft and hard approaches can be used in practice.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> <I>Published by John Wiley & Sons</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>Advanced Modeling for Transit Operations and Service Planning</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B>Edited by W.H.K. Lam, Hung Hom and M.G.H. Bell</B></FONT><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> While public transport or transit systems have been in existence much longer than road traffic systems, the mathematical analysis techniques necessary for proper transit planning and operations have lagged far behind that of road traffic systems. For example, the body of literature available on the design of stopping schedules for urban rail lines is miniscule in comparison with the literature on the coordination of traffic signals along an urban road.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> On the other hand, transit professionals appear to have disregarded most of the wealth of insight that has been available in the literature for more than a decade. The literature on capacity constraint transit assignment models is one good example. However, public transport operators are faced with ever-greater pressure in competitive markets and congested transit systems, particularly during peak hour periods. The need to estimate passenger demand and to monitor the performance of individual services, as well as the system as a whole, to support better planning and tighter operations management and for external reporting, has increased. Reliability and control issues have become very important and critical in making the transit system more efficient, particularly with intelligent transport systems (ITS). As tightening constraints raise serious questions about the cost-effectiveness of existing public transport services, improvements that can be implemented in the short run and long term are continuously sought. Collectively, these pressures have focused attention on advanced methods and new techniques for improving transit planning and operations.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> This book addresses the important and timely problems of how to improve transit operations and service planning by making use of new technologies and advanced modeling techniques.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> <I>Published by Elsevier Science</I><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=12 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=3><B>To Queue or Not to Queue: Equilibrium Behavior in Queueing Systems</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B>By Refael Hassin and Moshe Haviv</B></FONT><BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> This book focuses on the practical viewpoint of customer behavior and its effect on the performance of the queueing system. The book's objectives are threefold: to provide a comprehensive survey of the literature on equilibrium behavior of customers and servers in queueing systems; to examine the known results of the field, classify them and identify where and how they relate to each other; and to fill a number of the gaps in the literature.<BR> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> <I>Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers</I><BR>  <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=5 border=0><br>  <img src="../barblue.gif" width=468 height=1 border=0 alt=" "><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=8 border=0><br> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="1"> <CENTER><script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></CENTER><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=8 border=0><br> <LI> <A HREF="tocfr.html" Target="_top"><I>Table of Contents</I></A><br> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> <LI> <A HREF="../../ORMS.shtml" TARGET="_top"><I>OR/MS Today</I> Home Page</A><br>  <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=8 border=0><br> <img src="../barblue.gif" width=468 height=1 border=0 alt=" "><br> <b><i>OR/MS Today</i></b> copyright © 2003 by <A HREF="http://www.informs.org/" target="_new">the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences</a>. 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