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Towards a computational transportation science

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This workshop report sets out to define Computational Transportation Science as the science behind intelligent transportation systems. In particular it develops a first research agenda for this science, illustrating its unique challenges and putting them to public debate.

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          cover image ACM SIGMOD Record
          ACM SIGMOD Record  Volume 39, Issue 3
          September 2010
          35 pages
          ISSN:0163-5808
          DOI:10.1145/1942776
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