第五届交通网络可靠性国际会议

The 5th International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability （INSTR2012 ）

Hong Kong, 18-19 December 2012.

Jointly organized by
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) and
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

THE CONFERENCE

The 5th International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability (INSTR) will be held in Hong Kong from 18-19 December 2012, which is jointly organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. The INSTR series is the premier gathering for the world’s leading researchers and professionals interested in transportation network reliability, to discuss both recent research and future directions in this increasingly important field of research. For further details, see

DEADLINE=
- 15 January 2012 : Submission of extended abstracts (1000 words)
- 15 March 2012 : Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstract
- 15 June 2012 : Submission of full papers of peer review
- 15 August 2012 : Notification of acceptance or rejection of full paper
- 15 September 2012 : Submission of full, revised papers in camera-format

TOPICS

The scope of the symposium includes all aspects of analysis and design to improve network reliability, including:
- User perception of unreliability and vulnerability
- Public policy and reliability of travel times
- The valuation of reliability
- The economics of reliability
- Network reliability modeling and estimation
- Transport network robustness
- Reliability of public transportation
- Travel behavior under uncertainty
- Vehicle routing and scheduling under uncertainty
- Risk evaluation and management for transportation networks
- ITS to improve network reliability

PAPER SUBMISSION

To present a paper at this event, an extended abstract (1000 words) should be submitted electronically (word or pdf format) to the organizers atsecretary@instr2012.orgby 15 January 2012 for the first-ro