Billy M. Williams
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Assistant Professor of Civil EngineeringTransportation Systems and Materials Office: 418 Mann Hall |
Research Interests
- Decision support and system integration for intelligent transportation systems
- Application of information technologies to transportation engineering
- Real time control system optimization
- Integrated (freeway and surface street) capacity analysis and simulation
- Incorporation of traffic safety objectives into operational decision making
- Commercial vehicle operations and freight transport planning
- GIS-T applications for planning and operation
Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, 1999
- MCE, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1990
- BSCE, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1984
Representative Publications
Urban Freeway Traffic Flow Prediction: Application of Seasonal ARIMA and Exponential Smoothing Models, with Priya Durvasula and Donald Brown, Transportation ResearchRecord No. 1644, November 1998.
Freight Planning Requirements for Interstate Corridors, with Lester A. Hoel, Transportation Quarterly, Spring 1998.
ITS Data Tapping the Resource for System Operationwith Brian Smith. Published in the conference proceedings of the ITS America Annual Meeting, April 19-22, 1999, Washington, DC.
Traffic Forecasting for ITS Operations with Brian Smith. Accepted for presentation at the ITS World Congress, November 8-12, 1999, Toronto, Canada.
Virginias Smart Travel Lab: A Prototype ITS Research and Education Facility with Brian Smith. Accepted for presentation at the ITS World Congress, November 8-12, 1999, Toronto, Canada.
Intermodal Freight Planning at the Multi-state Corridor Level: State of the Practice and Future Directions, with Lester Hoel, Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center Report No. UVA/29242/CE98/101, November 1997.
Professional Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineers
Transportation Research Board
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Society of American Military Engineers
Professional Registrations
Professional Engineer, North Carolina
Professional Engineer, Virginia
Professional Engineer, California
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