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One of the most persistent problems that plague modern-day road transport facilities is the quality of service provided. Especially during rush hours, this expensive infrastructure does not operate at capacity nor does it provide the level of service required by its users. Congestion has become a problem with severe economic and environmental repercussions. Hence, efficient road traffic management is more important than ever.
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In fact, IBM launched the Tivoli Systems division to specifically implement autonomic properties into their computer systems.
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This book displays results achieved by members of COST Action TU1102 “Towards Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems” (ARTS). COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a pan-European intergovernmental framework. Its mission is to enable breakthrough scientific and technological developments leading to new concepts and products and thereby contribute to strengthening Europe’s research and innovation capacities. It allows researchers, engineers and scholars to jointly develop their own ideas and take new initiatives across all fields of science and technology, while promoting multi- and interdisciplinary approaches. COST aims at fostering a better integration of less research-intensive countries to the knowledge hubs of the European Research Area. The COST Association, an International not-for-profit Association under Belgian Law, integrates all management, governing and administrative functions necessary for the operation of the framework. The COST Association has currently 36 member countries (see www.cost.eu).
We do acknowledge the support of the COST Action TU1102, run from 2011 to 2015, which has contributed immensely in building this research community and facilitating our discussions and collaborations, part of which are reported here.
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McCluskey, T.L., Kotsialos, A., Müller, J.P., Klügl, F., Rana, O.F., Schumann, R. (2016). Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems: An Introduction. In: McCluskey, T., Kotsialos, A., Müller, J., Klügl, F., Rana, O., Schumann, R. (eds) Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems. Autonomic Systems. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25808-9_1
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