Use of Continuous Models in Network Design and Support
{'Code': '07030000', 'Directorate': {'LongName': 'Directorate For Engineering'}, 'Division': {'LongName': 'Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn'}}
{'SignBlockName': 'John Scalzi'}
Past experience has not used analytical techniques in the planning              process for the design of networks, such as highways, water                     distribution systems, mass transit bus systems, and other types of              total systems.  This project will investigate, develop, and test a              procedure for optimal network design which has variable demands.  The           procedure will be based on continuous, geometric analysis methods.  The         model will consider idealized conditions such as uniform grids, radial          or circumferential geometry which are not uncommon in actual service.           The results will be of great benefit to network planners and engineers          in designing new systems and evaluating existing systems with variable          factors of use.
{'FirstName': 'Nigel', 'LastName': 'Wilson', 'EmailAddress': 'nhmw@mit.edu', 'StartDate': '08/01/1985', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology', 'CityName': 'Cambridge', 'ZipCode': '021394301', 'PhoneNumber': '6172531000', 'StreetAddress': '77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Massachusetts', 'StateCode': 'MA'}
{'Code': '1473', 'Text': 'STRUCTURES I'}
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