Large-scale and real-time transport simulation: from assessing the solution to becoming part of the solution
Event details
| Date | 11.04.2014 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:30 |
| Speaker | Dr Alex Torday is civil engineer and obtained his master degree in 1999 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, where he also completed his PhD thesis on dynamic route guidance assessment and probe vehicles techniques in 2004. As part of his past research activities, he developed strong links with Tokyo University where he spent 4 months as invited researcher in 2006. Alex is currently the consulting director of the TSS Group, a position he has held since 2005. In his role, he oversees all TSS consulting project engagements and is an active contributor to research and development for the Aimsun traffic simulation environment. Alex has given presentations and published papers on topics such as online simulation, dynamic route guidance, simulation-based ITS applications and integrated macro-meso-micro simulation. He also heads the Spanish delegation for the ISO TC204 (ITS) standardization committee. In addition to his prior role, since 2012 Alex is the managing director of the Asia-Pacific branch of the TSS Group. |
| Location |
GCC 330
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Mathematical models for evaluating the impact of new transportation development in urban and interurban networks have been widely used since the early seventies. With improvements in computational power over the years, these tools have relied on a range of different levels of complexity in the representation of the movement of people, vehicles and even goods. In the early years of traffic modelling, engineers used a static macroscopic model that covered entire city networks for planning purposes; with time, microscopic simulators became available to tackle detailed operational aspects of specific and limited areas; the arrival of mesoscopic modelling offered an additional option that allows better assessment of congestion phenomena in large-scale and dynamic models.. Nowadays, these different techniques are used separately or in combination to answer a large range of questions about future impacts on transportation efficiency. However, this means that decision makers need a minimum level of consistency in the information provided by these tools. This need is leading to the adoption of integrated modelling frameworks, a task that is on the to-do-list of many transportation authorities round the world these days.
This tendency on the part of the modelling community also shows an inevitable closer relationship between planning and operations; to such an extent that simulation models are nowadays part of the operational solutions. Indeed, several cities have started to develop decision support systems for real-time transportation management centres that use simulation as prediction engines. This seminar will cover these different topics, explaining the scientific foundation behind these different models but also showcasing how they are used in current projects around the globe.
This tendency on the part of the modelling community also shows an inevitable closer relationship between planning and operations; to such an extent that simulation models are nowadays part of the operational solutions. Indeed, several cities have started to develop decision support systems for real-time transportation management centres that use simulation as prediction engines. This seminar will cover these different topics, explaining the scientific foundation behind these different models but also showcasing how they are used in current projects around the globe.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Professor André-Gilles Dumont - Director of LAVOC - Laboratory of Traffic Facilities
Contact
- Prof. André-Gilles Dumont - Mme Dominique Corday