Generalised Transportation-data Format (GTF) - Data, Model and Machine Interaction - Current situation Problems Solution Dr Benedikt Mandel MKmetric Gesellschaft für Systemplanung mbH, Karlsruhe (Germany) email: mandel@mkm.de
Policy Scenarios & Queries Current situation Policy Scenarios & Queries Base year Future year Scenario Autonomous change Policy options Economy Demography Spatial development Network variants Prices, fares Source: APAS#22 - Transport strategic modelling
Queries & Models Current situation (policy) Tactic (change of) (results) Impact (change of) Input variables Assignment Route – time choice Traffic conversion Mode choice Distribution Production / attraction Output variables / matrices Transport model example ”manipulate”: input data & commands ”request”: result data Source: APAS#22 - Transport strategic modelling
Current Data Pool Manifold Softwares Manifold Data Pool Current situation Current Data Pool Manifold Softwares Client#1 Client#2 ... Inhomogeneous SOFTWARE structure Manifold Data Pool National O. International Organisations Inhomogeneous INFORMATION structure National Sources ...
Problem: Incompatible Informational Unit Sizes Problems Matching Data Models 1 Data Model X Data Model Y Data Model Z Problem: Incompatible Informational Unit Sizes
Problem: Incompatible Informational Unit Sizes Problems Matching Data Models 2 Data Model X Data Model Y Data Model Z Problem: Incompatible Informational Unit Sizes
HOMOGENEOUS information structure Solution Vision & Concept Manifold Softwares Client#1 Client#2 ... Manifold Data Pool GTF Translators HOMOGENEOUS information structure DB ... DB-1 ... DB-2
Matching Data Models using GTF Solution Matching Data Models using GTF Data Model X/Y/Z GTF Data Model Z/Y/X Solution GTF: „Atomic“ Informational Unit Sizes
GTF-CM
Why GTF ? GTF Synergies Access to transport easy transfer of data, information & knowledge cross-field analysis Access to transport knowledge countries etc. without planning system planning of Infrastructures Control of providers quality of service test-suits New user/model requirements drives further development GTF Standard Project Definition databases models comparison of standard results Scenario pre-selection then detailed work by consultants comparison of results
MKmetric Gesellschaft für Systemplanung mbH, Karlsruhe (Germany) Dr Benedikt Mandel MKmetric Gesellschaft für Systemplanung mbH, Karlsruhe (Germany) email: mandel@mkm.de info@mkm.de