1. Configuration Management in Transportation Management Systems: Evaluation of Need
- Author
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Brian L. Smith and Bayne E. Smith
- Subjects
Transportation planning ,Configuration management ,Operations research ,Computer science ,Program management ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Information technology ,computer.software_genre ,Advanced Traffic Management System ,Engineering management ,Systems management ,Management system ,business ,computer ,Intelligent transportation system ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Configuration management, a process developed to control change in complex information technology–based systems, has attracted an increasing amount of attention from the transportation engineering community. As the intelligent transportation systems program accelerates and transportation departments develop and operate increasingly complex transportation management systems, the need for configuration management grows. In this research effort the need for configuration management within transportation management systems is examined by exploring the foundations of configuration management, analyzing the key functions of transportation management, surveying transportation officials, and conducting a case study to examine the configuration management process used by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
- Published
- 2001
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