Optimizing the EBSD Signal

Optimizing Traffic Signal Control for Emergency Evacuation

Agent‐Based Modeling (ABM) is an effective strategy for simulating the emergent properties of complex systems. This form of simulation models the behaviors of individual agents interacting with each other and with their world. ABM is well suited for problems such as modeling behaviors during emergencies, or critical incidents. These situations can range from getting people out of a burning buil...

Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimizing Traffic Signal Operation

Maintaining efficient transportation systems has become a key goal for government-based transportation agencies in this age of serious energy shortages, rising costs and competing recipients of public funds. The emphasis has shifted to optimizing traffic movement on the existing surface street network rather than to provide more freeways. As described in Schnabel and Lohse (1997), the network c...

Optimizing Traffic Signal Timings for Mega Events

Most approaches for optimizing traffic signal timings deal with the daily traffic. However, there are a few occasional events like football matches or concerts of musicians that lead to exceptional traffic situations. Still, such events occur more or less regularly and place and time are known in advance. Hence, it is possible to anticipate such events with special signal timings. In this paper...

Optimizing MR Signal Contrast of the TMJ Disk

Background and Objective: The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a unique articulation that demonstrates both structural and functional complexity. While the majority of synovial articulations are lined by hyaline cartilage, the TMJ has fibrocartilaginous surfaces. Although diagnostic capabilities have progressed remarkably with MR imaging, significant challenges still remain owing, in part, to t...

Fabric Analysis of Allende Matrix Using Ebsd