Course: Transport Modelling

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Course title Transport Modelling
Course code KTRD/YAMVD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bulíček Josef, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Molková Tatiana, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: 1. Development of a transport model. Basic requirements on a model. Definitions of model and modelling. Time in model. Basic terminology. 2. Types of models. Selected mathematical functions. General approach to modelling of transport systems. 3. Aspects of transport surveys, data collection. 4. Discrete choice theory. 5. Four-step transport model. Trip Generation. 6. Trip Distribution. 7. Modal Split, Traffic Assignment. 8. Modelling of public passenger transport. 9. Microsimulation of pedestrian flows. 10. Microsimulation in road transport. 11. Simulation as a research method. Objects for modelling of railway transport. Model of railway transport - simulation of timetable. 12. Model of network technology, Model of allocation of transport elements. 13. Model of a railway station for composition of trains.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Participation in classes - 16 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 39 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the study subject is to teach students about principles of design of transport models, including important methods applied by modelling.
The students will get an overview about possibilities, tools, methods and approaches applied by transport modelling. They will get information about basic kinds of models applied in transport.
Prerequisites
Basic overview about transport technology and mathematics is presupposed.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The subject is concluded by an exam. Form, content and time duration are set according to study and exam regulation of the University of Pardubice. Elaboration and approval of a seminar thesis and of a report about individual study of information sources (literature) are preconditions for exam. Semester thesis (to develop an easy simulation model). Individual critical reading (1 paper). Exam: oral form with written preparation (archived), 3 questions from 33, registering at term in the STAG system.
Recommended literature
  • Bartoš, Luděk. Prognóza intenzit automobilové dopravy : TP [technické podmínky] 225. Liberec: EDIP, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87394-01-4.
  • Bulíček, J. Modelování v dopravě. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2012.
  • Bulíček, Josef. Transport modelling : studijní opora na CD. Pardubice: University of Pardubice Jan Perner Transport Faculty, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7395-792-6.
  • Ortúzar Salas, Juan de Dios. Modelling transport. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-76039-0.
  • Univerzita Pardubice. Modelování technologických procesů v dopravě. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice Dopravní fakulta Jana Pernera, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7395-442-0.


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