AN OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION OF TRANSIMS

The TRANSIMS Operational Description provides an overview of the TRANSIMS software framework. It discusses the relationships among the time scales, entities, and detail included in the TRANSIMS models and introduces the TRANSIMS architecture. The TRANSIMS architectural description includes the component functions and the information flow among them. Examples illustrate how transportation planners might use TRANSIMS to assess the implications of transportation systems infrastructure and policy changes.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Travel Model Improvement Program. This work has been supported by the Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. It was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy.
• Corporate Authors:

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  P.O. Box 1663
  Los Alamos, NM  United States  87545
• Authors:
  • Barrett, C
  • Berkbigler, K
  • Smith, L A
  • Loose, V
  • Beckman, R
  • DAVIS, J
  • Roberts, D
  • Williams, M
• Publication Date: 1995-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 47 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer models; Computer program documentation; Computer programs; Information systems; Software; System design; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Functional requirements
• Old TRIS Terms: Operational description; Transims; Transportation system design
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724531
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: LA-UR-95-2393
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 6 1996 12:00AM