Proposed benchmarks for PRT networks simulation

Jerzy Mieścicki; Wiktor B. Daszczuk

doi:10.5604/01.3001.0004.0115

Authors

Jerzy Mieścicki Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland Author
Wiktor B. Daszczuk Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0004.0115

Keywords:

urban transport, Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), PRT network models

Abstract

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is a promising form of urban transport. Its operation relies on the use of small unmanned vehicles which carry the passengers between the stations within a dedicated network. Various aspects of the PRT network performance are frequently evaluated using the discrete-event simulation. The paper supports the need of establishing some reference models for the simulation of PRT networks, targeted mainly at the needs of the research on the network management algorithms. Three models of such PRT network models are proposed and discussed. The presented models can play the role of benchmarks which would be very useful for comparative evaluation of heuristic control algorithms, developed by different research groups.

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