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Publications of Dr. Gershwin in the area of Transportation

Papers in Refereed Journals:

• Gershwin, S. B., Ross, P., Little, J. D. C., and Gartner, N., "Optimization of Large Traffic Systems," Transportation Research Record No. 682, Urban System Operation and Freeways, pp. 8-15, 1978.
• Gershwin, S. B., Dersin, P., and Athans, M., "Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Static Traffic Assignment in a Freeway Corridor Network," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-24, No. 1, pp. 3-12, February, 1979.
• Gartner, Nathan H., Gershwin, S. B., Little, J. D. C., Ross, P., "Pilot Study of Computer-Based Urban Traffic Management," Transportation Research, Vol. 14B, No 1/2, pp. 203-217, March- June, 1980.
• Willsky, A. S., Chow, E. Y., Gershwin, S. B., Greene, C.S., Houpt, P. K., Kurkjian, A. L., "Dynamic Model-Based Techniques for the Detection of Incidents on Freeways," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,Vol. AC-25, No. 3, pp. 347-360, June, 1980.
• Kurkjian, A. L., Gershwin, S. B., Houpt, P. K., Willsky, A. S., Chow, E. Y., and Greene, C.S., "Estimation of Roadway Traffic Density on Freeways Using Presence Detector Data," Transportation Science, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 232-261, August, 1980.
• Gershwin, S. B., Orlicki, D. M., and Platzman, L. K., "An Equilibrium Model for Traffic Assignment in Urban Transportation Networks," Large Scale Systems, pp. 115-121, 1984.
• Gershwin, S. B., Orlicki, D. M., and Platzman, L. K., "An Assignment Principle for Urban Networks Based on Travel Budgets," Transportation Research Series B, Vol. 18B, No. 6, pp. 441-458, 1984.

Proceedings of Refereed Conferences

• Athans, M., Houpt, P. K., Looze, D., Orlhac, D., Gershwin, S. B., and Speyer, J.L., "Stochastic Control of Freeway Corridor Systems," Proceedings of the 1975 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Houston, Texas, December, 1975, p. 676-685.
• Gershwin, S. B., "A Design Tool and a Routing and Scheduling Technique for Personal Rapid Transit Systems," in PRT III, The 1975 International Conference on Personal Rapid Transit, edited by D. A. Gary, W. L. Garrard, and A. L. Kornhauser, University of Minnesota, 1976, p. 319-327.
• Dersin, P., Gershwin, S. B., and Athans, M., "Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Static Traffic Assignments in a Large Freeway Corridor Network System, Using Modern Control Theory," in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Patras, Greece, August, 1976, 6 pages.
• Gershwin, S. B., Dersin, P., and Athans, M., "Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Static Traffic Assignment in a Freeway Corridor Network," Proceedings of the Joint Automatic Control Conference, San Francisco, California, June, 1977, pp. 457-465.
• Gershwin, S. B., Little, J. D. C., and Gartner, N., "Computer- Assisted Traffic Engineering Applied to Energy Consumption on Roadway Networks," Lawrence Symposium on Decision Sciences, October 3-4, 1977, pp. 293-298.
• Gartner, N., Gershwin, S. B., Little, J. D. C., "Supply Modeling for Urban Traffic Management," International Symposium on Travel Supply Models, Universite de Montreal, November, 1977.
• Willsky, A. S., Houpt, P. K., Gershwin, S. B., Kurkjian, A. L., Greene, C. S., Chow, E. Y., "Detection of Incidents on Freeways," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, January, 1979 (Invited), pp. 1037-1041.
• Gershwin, S. B., and Tan, H.-N., "Hybrid Optimization in Traffic Control," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, January, 1979 (Invited), pp. 1042-1047.
• Houpt, P. K., Kurkjian, A., Gershwin, S. B., Willsky, A. S., "Estimation of Roadway Traffic Density on Freeways Using Presence Detection Data," Proceedings of the 18th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, December, 1979 (Invited), pp. 524-525.
• Gershwin, S. B., "A New Behavioral Principle for Travelers in an Urban Network," Proceedings of the 1982 American Control Conference, Arlington, Virginia, June, 1982, pp. 1211-1212.
• Gartner, N. H., and Gershwin, S. B., "Analytical Models for Transportation Systems Management," Atti Delle Giornate di Lavoro 1983 Della Associazione Italiana di Recerca Operativa, Naples, Italy, September, 1983, pp. 793-804.
• Gershwin, S. B., and Platzman, L. K., "A Behavioral Principle for Traffic Networks with Dynamic Assignment," Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, December, 1984, pp. 1676-1679.

Other Major Publications:

• Dersin, P., Gershwin, S. B., Athans, M., "Propagation of Disturbances in Traffic Flow," Department of Transportation Report No. DOT-TSC-OST-77-62, September, 1977, 224 pages + appendices.
• Gershwin, S. B., Little, J. D. C., and Gartner, N., "Computer Assisted Traffic Engineering Using Assignment, Optimal Signal Setting, and Modal Split," Department of Transportation Report No. DOT-TSC-RSPA-78-10, May, 1978; also MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report ESL-R-737, 70 pages + appendices.
• Athans, M., Gershwin, S. B., and Houpt, P. K., "Dynamic Stochastic Control of Freeway Corridor Systems: Summary and Project Overview," Department of Transportation Report DOT-TSC- TSPA-78-12; also MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report ESL-R- 829, June, 1978.
• Tan, H.-N., and Gershwin, S. B., "Hybrid Optimization: Control of Traffic Networks in Equilibrium," Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference on Research Directions in Computer Control of Urban Traffic Systems, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, February, 1979, pp. 111-125.
• Tan, H.-N., Gershwin, S. B., and Athans, M., "Hybrid Optimization in Urban Traffic Networks," Department of Transportation Report DOT-TSC-RSPA-79-7, March, 1979, 106 pages + appendices.
• Gershwin, S. B., Orlicki, D. M., and Platzman, L. K., "A Traffic Equilibrium Analysis Methodology Based Upon Personal Travel Budgets," Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference on Issues in Control of Urban Traffic Systems, New England College, Henniker, New Hampshire, July, 1981, 16 pages.
• Gershwin, S. B., Orlicki, D. M., and Zahavi, Y., "A New Behavioral Principle for Travelers in an Urban Network" U.S. Department of Transportation Report DOT-TSC-RSPA-81-9, October, 1981, 94 pages.

Internal Memoranda and Progress Reports:

• Gershwin, S. B., "Recent Progress on the PRT Resource Allocator Model," C.S. Draper Laboratory Intralab Memorandum, July, 1974, 55 pages.
• "C.S. Draper Laboratory -- Automated Guideway Transportation Memoranda for the Period 1972-1975," a set of memoranda written by Gershwin and others (including the previous item).
• Gershwin, S. B., "Dynamic Stochastic Control of Freeway Corridor Systems, Volume II, Steady State Optimal Traffic Assignment Using the Accelerated Gradient Projection Method." MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report, ESL-R-609, July, 1976, 68 pages.
• Dersin, P., Gershwin, S. B., and Athans, M., "Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Static Assignments in a Large Freeway Corridor, Using Modern Control Theory," MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report, ESL-R-671, 68 pages.
• Chow, E. Y., Gershwin, S. B., Greene, C., Houpt, P. K., Kurkjian, A. L., Willsky, A. S., "Dynamic Detection and Identification of Incidents on Freeways, Volume I: Summary," MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report, ESL-R-764, September, 1977, 27 pages.
• Kurkjian, A. L., Gershwin, S. B., Houpt, P. K., Willsky, A. S., "Dynamic Detection and Identification on Freeways, Volume II: Approaches to Incident Detection Using Presence Detectors," MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report, ESL-R-765, September, 1977, 86 pages.
• Greene, C., Houpt, P. K., Willsky, A. S., Gershwin, S. B., "Dynamic Detection and Identification of Freeways, Volume III: The Multiple Model Method," MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report, ESL-R-766, September, 1977, 66 pages.
• Chow, E. Y., Willsky, A. S., Gershwin, S. B., Houpt, P. K., "Dynamic Detection and Identification on Freeways, Volume IV: The Generalized Likelihood Ratio Method," MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory Report, ESL-R-767, September, 1977, 82 pages.