SEMINAR ON SIMULATION

THE SEMINAR IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEGMENTS, INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY NUNAMAKER AND THE PRESENTATION OF TWO COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS DEVELOPED FOR DEMAND-ACTUATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AT GENERAL MOTORS AND M.I.T.; THE TWO LATTER PRESENTATIONS ARE FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD. NUNAMAKER NOTES THAT ALTHOUGH SIMULATION IS ONE WAY OF EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, IT IS THE LEAST DESIRABLE SOLUTION TECHNIQUE: IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE THESE TECHNIQUES ARE ANALYTICAL, ITERATIVE (MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING), BRANCH AND BOUND, ENUMERATION, HEURISTIC, AND SIMULATION. ON THE OTHER HAND, SIMULATION HAS THE GREATEST APPLICABILITY. REPORTS ON SIMULATION MODELS SHOULD DESCRIBE THEIR SENSITIVITY TO CHANGES IN ASSUMPTIONS OR DATA, THEIR VALIDITY, THE DEGREE AND NATURE OF TESTING, AND THE DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE OF THE MODELS. IT IS NOTED THAT THE M.I.T. COMPUTER-CONTROL SYSTEM IS ALMOST OPERATIONAL, AND THAT THE SIMULATION PROGRAM, WHICH CAN BE ADAPTED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS CITIES, IS THE PROPERTY OF THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION.

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• Authors:
  • Nunamaker, J F
  • Howson, Larry
  • Guenther, Karl
  • Canty, Eugene T
  • Heathington, Kenneth W
  • Wilson, Nigel
  • Stafford, Joseph H
  • Roos, Daniel
• Conference:
  • Conference on Demand-Actuated Transportation Systems
  • Location: West Lafayette Indiana, United States
  • Date: 1970-90-0 to 1970-9-0
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 88-100
• Monograph Title: DEMAND-ACTUATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 124
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Automatic control; Computer programs; Computers; Demand responsive transportation; Mathematical models; Scheduling; Simulation; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00241551
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030901963X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 20 1971 12:00AM