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Transportation networks: dynamics and simulation.

DE2001784474

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Eubank, S. G.
Page Count	12
Abstract	Analyzing the behavior of socio-technical systems - large urban populations interacting under constraints imposed by technical infrastructure - poses many interesting problems. We describe why simulation is an appropriate experimental method for studying these systems, drawing examples from the development and implementation of the Transportation Analysis and Simulation System (TRANSIMS). TRANSIMS is an urban planning tool that combines census data and household surveys with a description of the transportation network to produce estimate of human mobilty. It iteratively evaluates hundreds of thousands of coupled non-linear models to produce a solution to a million-person game.
Keywords	Transportation networks Sociotechnical systems Urban population Simulation Network analysis Dynamics Transportation Analysis and Simulation System(TRANSIMS)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	85A - Air Transportation 91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning 43G - Transportation
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200208
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36

Transportation networks: dynamics and simulation.

Transportation networks: dynamics and simulation.
DE2001784474

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Eubank, S. G.
Page Count	12
Abstract	Analyzing the behavior of socio-technical systems - large urban populations interacting under constraints imposed by technical infrastructure - poses many interesting problems. We describe why simulation is an appropriate experimental method for studying these systems, drawing examples from the development and implementation of the Transportation Analysis and Simulation System (TRANSIMS). TRANSIMS is an urban planning tool that combines census data and household surveys with a description of the transportation network to produce estimate of human mobilty. It iteratively evaluates hundreds of thousands of coupled non-linear models to produce a solution to a million-person game.
Keywords	Transportation networks Sociotechnical systems Urban population Simulation Network analysis Dynamics Transportation Analysis and Simulation System(TRANSIMS)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	85A - Air Transportation 91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning 43G - Transportation
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200208
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36