Publisher review:innovative Transport Simulator provides design and simulation tools that are required to plan, analysis, evaluate, implement, test, integrate and promote PRT, GRT and AGV networks. The innovative Transport Simulator by MAIT international e.V. is an easy-to-use microsimulator software, intended to simulate and evaluate a set of “innovative transportation systems”. The software has been developed accoystems”.system specifications, and software specifications, presented at the MAIT Meeting 2001, Loughborough, UK. its-0.4 also satisfies the specifications for the PRT simulation software articulated by the EUNITRANS group during the Automated People Mover conference APM’99, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Even though the ultimate intention for this software is the simulation of a complete MAIT system, its current use is focused on PRT or AGV systems. Essentially, the software predicts performance and cost figures of a specified system. The input data will include the network topology and assumed demand-patterns, maximum accelerations, line-speed, boarding-times, component-costs, etc. Output data will include waiting times, journey times, running costs and capital costs. The performance-relevant technologies implemented are
• a novel version of a vehicle follower control algorithm. This control system is thought to allow close-to-physically achievable results (see also the discussion under “Carriers” in Sec. 5.1). • Acceleration at stops, diverge and merge behavior. • Boarding behavior at stops. Currently are two modes implemented: – Synchronous mode, where the stop is divided into a loading and unloading area. – Asynchronous mode, where users can queue up at all berth of the stop and enter the next available vehicle. • Shortest estimated travel-time routing. (See Sec. 1.3 under logistics.) Considerable higher throughputs in high-density traffic operation are expected from a global logistic operation system, which is not yet implemented. The software’s structure is highly modular and could be extended to simulate trains, APMs (Automated People Movers), busses or even cars. Furthermore, different control algorithms and logistic strategies can be tested, using the same (simulated) hardware.
innovative Transport Simulator 0.47 is a Python script for Mathematics scripts design by maitint.org.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
innovative Transport Simulator 0.47 script details 
