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Finding ways out of congestion for the Chicago Loop : a microscopic simulation approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Over the past two decades, the City of Chicago, as many of its counterparts in the U.S., has experienced a great increase in traffic congestion, which limits regional mobility, induces a huge amount of energy waste and ...
Optimization of wastewater stabilization ponds in Honduras
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
During the academic year of 2008-2009, three Master of Engineering students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) conducted a study of wastewater ...
Seismic retrofitting of deficient Canadian buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Many developed countries such as Canada and the United States are facing a significant infrastructure crisis. Most of their facilities have been built with little consideration of seismic design and durability issues. As ...
Market-based approach for improving ship air emissions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This study considered how appropriate different market-based approaches are for the reduction of ship air emissions, particularly CO2. Furthermore, the study also considered which types of market-based tools may be available ...
Reduced rank filtering in chaotic systems with application in geophysical sciences
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Recent technological advancements have enabled us to collect large volumes of geophysical noisy measurements that need to be combined with the model forecasts, which capture all of the known properties of the underlying ...
Mechanistic modelling of the links between environment, mosquitoes and malaria transmission in the current and future climates of West Africa
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Malaria transmission in West Africa is closely tied to climate, as rain fed water pools provide breeding habitat for the anopheles mosquito vector, and temperature affects the mosquito's ability to spread disease. This ...
Scheduling services and security ticket token services in iLab interactive services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The iLab architecture allows students to execute laboratory experiments remotely through internet. It supports three different kinds of experiments: batched, interactive and sensor-based. The iLab Interactive Experiments ...
Impacts of lateral code changes associated with the 2006 International Building Code and the 2008 California Building Code
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The 2008 California Building Code (CBC) will adopt the structural section of the 2006 International Building Code (IBC), which includes alterations to the procedure to determine earthquake design loading, and a drastic ...
Performance and functional enhancement of artificial market psychology simulator
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Artificial Market Psychology Simulator (AMPS) is an adaptive and programmable simulation system designed to assist researchers in the study of psychology of securities traders. It forms a part of the larger system that ...
A web based integrated global project management system for large scale A/E/C/ projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The globalization of architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C) industry has added new dimensions to project management. A wide spectrum of tools and software are used by project managers to manage these geographically ...