Welcome to the ROPS Database!
The Research in Operations (ROPS) database is a centralized, on-line repository for sharing and rating new transportation operations research ideas. The National Operations Center of Excellence maintains and supports ROPS with support from AASHTO.
Anyone with a free NOCoE account can:
- Submit new research ideas into ROPS
- Search all ideas ROPS database
- Rate ideas in the ROPS database
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Recent Ideas
06/10/2025 | Tracy Scriba
FRAMEWORK AND TOOLS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS TO IDENTIFY OPERATIONS STRATEGIES FOR PROACTIVE SAFETY
06/10/2025 | Tracy Scriba
ASSESSING THE RELIABILITY OF HARD BRAKING AND OTHER VEHICLE-BASED METRICS AS SURROGATE SAFETY MEASURES
06/05/2025 | Jim Katsafanas
Human-AI Collaboration in TMC Operations: Optimizing Intelligent Decision Support Systems for Real-Time Transportation Management
06/05/2025 | Jim Katsafanas