MARITIME DYNAMIC TRAFFIC GENERATOR. VOLUME I: SUMMARY DOCUMENTATION
To determine the number of maritime vessels which are potential users of a satellite communications service and the required satellite coverage to provide this service, the weekly movements of 18,000 merchant vessels were recorded for the year 1972. The method of recording and the applications of the dynamic traffic generator is described in Volume 1: Summary Documentation. The processor program is designed to move these vessels along standard routes to their destination and keep statistical records of the ports visited, the five degree squares passed through and the occurence of casualties. Volume 2: Electronic Data Processing Program describes this processor. One of the most useful forms of the data output is a weekly plot, on a world map, of the average, daily vessel density per five degree square. This output is applicable to many related programs in the maritime area and is the subject of Volume 3: Density Data on World Maps.
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Supplemental Notes:
- See also Volume 2, AD-A012 222.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway, Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA United States 02142 -
Authors:
- MacKenzie, F D
- Publication Date: 1975-6
Media Info
- Pagination: 37 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Casualties; Communication; Communication systems; Information processing; International; Merchant vessels; Position fixing; Satellite communication; Ship pilotage; Water transportation
- Old TRIS Terms: Global communication systems; Position finding; Surface navigation
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00092005
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: TSC-OST-74-29.I Final Rpt., USCG-D-37.75-I
- Files: NTIS, NTL
- Created Date: Oct 18 1976 12:00AM