AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY GROUND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SIMULATION

The report discusses some automated guideway management problems relating to ground transportation systems and provides an outline of the types of models and algorithms that could be used to develop simulation tools for evaluating system performance. The system management problems are related to the routing and scheduling of both passengers and vehicles, as well as to control strategies such as synchronous and quasi-synchronous. The simulation outline provides background material for model descriptive, functional requirements, and simulation structure that can be used in future development activities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • TOYE, C R
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Control systems; Coordination; Guideways; Intelligent transportation systems; Management; Mathematical models; Network analysis; Networks; Personal rapid transit; Rapid transit; Research; Routes; Routing; Scheduling; Simulation; Systems analysis; Systems engineering; Traffic signal control systems; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Synchronization
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems; Automatic control systems; Operating strategies; Rapid transit railways; Synchronism
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093548
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-75-18 Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0048-75-1
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 21 1982 12:00AM