software

smartphone apps for transportation data collection

Dr. Zhang has been working with a Computer Science Professor, Dr. Robert Pastel, and Students to develop smartphone apps for transportation data collection.

• • CAV Routing Games App - automated routing decisions for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs)

  • https://cshci.cs.mtu.edu/cavroutinggames

  • Traffic Counter - Intersection Traffic Turning Movement Volume Counts.

  • https://cshci.cs.mtu.edu/traffic_counter

  • iPatts - individual person activity-travel tracking system for real-time location-based logging travel activities.

  • https://cshci.cs.mtu.edu/iPatts/

transportation modeling software development and application

Dr. Zhang has been a developer of the following transportation modeling software since 2004.

• • CARDS - Connected and Automated Routing and Driving Systems

• DYNASMART-P - Dynamic Network Assignment-Simulation Model for Advanced Roadway Telematics - Planning (Developer)

• POLARIS - Planning and Operations Language for Agent-based Regional Integrated Simulation (Designer and Lead developer of the network assignment and simulation model)

• Rail-Based Intermodal Freight Network Simulator (Designer and Lead Developer)

• DYNASMART-ICM (Designer and Lead Developer)

• EvacNet - Evacuation network design and analysis tool (Designer and Lead Developer)

• MobileSensorDataAnalyzer (Designer)

• UAVvideoexplorer (Designer)

software for education

Dr. Zhang has used the following commercial software for education.

• • AMPL (CE4760 Optimization Methods)

• CUBE (CE4410/5404 Transportation Planning)

• GAMS (CE4760 Optimization Methods)

• Nexta/DTALite (CE4410/5404 Transportation Planning)

• TransCAD (CE4410/5404 Transportation Planning)

• TransModeler(CE5490 Traffic Flow Theory)

• VISUM (CE4410/5404 Transportation Planning)

• VISSIM (CE5490 Traffic Flow Theory)

• R (CE4410/5404 Transportation Planning)

software development and application Tools

Dr. Zhang has heavily used the following software development and application tools in his research.

• AMPL (KNITRO, SNOPT, CPLEX, gurobi)

• Apache Hadoop and Spark

• ArcGIS

• CPLEX (C++, python, and MATLAB)

• GAMS (MINOS, CPLEX, gurobi)

• Google Earth Pro

• gurobi (C++, python, and MATLAB)

  • hadoop

• Mathematica

• MATLAB

• Vissim

• Visum

• Visual Studio (C++)

• python

• R

• SAS

• stata 14

• spark