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TRANSPORTATION, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF COMPUTERS

Marvin L Manheim

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THE ARGUMENT OF THIS PAPER RIDES ON THE CONJUNCTION OF THREE THEMES' /1/ THE SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROBLEMS, /2/ THE STRUCTURE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AS A PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS, AND /3/ THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY FLEXIBLE, MULTI-USER, REMOTE-ACCESS INTERACTIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS. ANALYSIS OF THE SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND OF THE PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS NEED HIGHLY FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS WITH A VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TOOLS. ANALYSIS OF THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEMS SHOWS HOW THEY WILL PROVIDE ENVIRONMENT FOR THIS REQUIRED FLEXIBILITY. THUS, OUR TASK IS CLEAR-TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A FLEXIBLE PROBLEM-SOLVING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. BRIEF EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN TO SHOW SPECIFIC SYSTEM DESIGN IMPLICATIONS OF THE ARGUMENT PRESENTED. /AUTHOR/

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Key concepts: Scope (computer science), Flexibility (engineering), Variety (cybernetics), Transportation planning, Argument (complex analysis), Computer science, Transportation theory, Process (computing)