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The World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems is an annual series, commencing in Paris in 1994. The series is held within the framework of an agreement between the three peak bodies, ITS America, Ertico, and ITS Japan (formerly Vertis), and the Congress rotates among the three regions of North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
The World Congress aims to cover all aspects of Intelligent Transport Systems, including advanced scientific presentations. The 7th World Congress held in Turin, Italy in 2000, particularly fostered the submission and presentation of scientific papers, and this emphasis was further developed for the 8th World Congress held in Sydney, Australia in 2001. The intention is that the World Congress will be seen as a major forum for academic and scientific excellence in ITS.
The best scientific papers at the Sydney Congress, as selected by rigorous peer review, have been assembled for publication in this special edition of Transportation Research Part C. In reflection of the international and multi-national emphasis of the World Congress series, the five papers presented in this special edition include material from the three world regions, North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. And they cover a wide range of ITS applications, including infrastructure applications, in-vehicle telematics applications, communications and information technology, and consumer benefits.
The paper by Pattanameka et al. entitled ''Dynamic and stochastic shortest path in transportation networks with two components of travel time uncertainty'' deals with modelling of travel time uncertainty. It examines the characteristics of two components of travel time uncertainty, and develops models for determining the mean and variance of the forecast individual travel times in future time periods, in the context of advanced traveller information systems. The models are evaluated using travel time data from a test bed in Houston, Texas, and the results show that the proposed algorithms can be applied for both travel time estimation and travel time forecasting.
The paper by Munaka et al. entitled ''Location dependent data multicasting in intelligent transportation system and ITS evaluation'', deals with the use of common communication channels for dissemination of a range of information services to mobile hosts. It introduces concept of base-station multi-cast group, and which the mobile hosts belong to the same group in a given area. Evaluation using simulation indicates that the average rate of data reception by mobile hosts using the proposed mechanism is improved by 17%, and the time until a mobile host completes the data reception is improved by 33%.
The paper by Deflorio entitled ''Evaluation of a reactive dynamic route guidance strategy'', evaluates the performance of a new strategy for dynamic route guidance in urban road networks.
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