2012 International Conference on System Simulation
Keynote Speeches
Speeches are listed in alphabetical order based on the speakers' family names.
Simulation of road and rail transport - an overview of different approaches
Martin Fellendorf
Graz University of Technology
Austria
Abstract
Urban as well as interurban transport on roads and railways is growing in and between many emerging cities. Urban planning should not be done without considering a proper transportation system. Simulation is widely utilized worldwide for transport planning purposes. Different scenarios are tested before building new roads, organizing the operation of new trains or designing new traffic control systems. This variety of different levels of feasibility studies requires multiple simulation approaches. However there are also similarities between the different levels of simulation. All approaches for offline transport modeling contain a topology to represent the given infrastructure. In most cases a connected graph of nodes and arcs with cost functions is used. Furthermore transport demand has to be modeled. Traffic demand is either following a predefined route or path building algorithms are applied. Different models derived from field observations, physics or social science are used to represent vehicle movements in space and time. As such all presented simulation models for transport are dynamic models with variations of demand over time. Traffic control is a further component which is not missing in any simulation model of transport. This paper will give an overview of similarities and differences between models suited to test future scenarios of rail and road based transport. It is aimed for an audience of simulation experts without particular expertise in transport modeling.
Biography
Since 2005 Mr Fellendorf is Professor at the Graz University of Technology, Austria teaching transport planning and highway engineering. His research interests focus on Intelligent Transport Systems issues mainly traffic control in urban areas as well as motorway control. Before joining the University in 2005 he worked for 17 years with a German software consultancy. There he developed one of the world??￥s leading traffic flow simulation software packages, which are applied worldwide to model actuated and adaptive signal control systems. Martin has also conducted numerous simulation projects to test the feasibility of traffic control implementations.
Mr Fellendorf has a Masters in Industrial Engineering and a PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Civil Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He is member of various professional associations such as the Transport Research Board in the USA and board member of the Austrian Research Association of Roads and Transport with links to Germany. Since 2007 Mr Fellendorf is also acting as dean of civil engineering in Graz.
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High Level Simulation Language software for the solution and analysis of complex Engineering / Science Systems
Ralph C. Huntsinger
the Society for Modeling and Simulation International
USA
Abstract
To be published.
Biography
Prof. Dr. Ralph is a recognized expert on modeling and simulation as he has been the past President of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. He is an editor for many international journals including Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computation (IJMSSC), Applications for the International Journal of Modeling Simulation Research and Development, etc. He??￥s on the editorial board of the Journal of Computer Science and Systems Biology, and SIMULATON the Transactions of Modeling and Simulation. He is the Technical Program Chair for the Sub-Conference on Modeling and Simulation - Methodology, Tools and Applications this June in the Hague, the Netherlands, as well as the President of the International Center for Innovation and Industrial Logistics. He was appointed to the Global Advisory Board of the International Federation of Nonlinear Analysis. And he is the Founder and the International Ambassador of the [SCS] McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences. He has been a professor at many universities including California State University, Humboldt State University, etc. Now, he??￥s a full professor (guest) in Beihang University.
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Dynamic Simulation and Analyses of Advanced Mobility for Sustainable Transportation Yoshihiro Suda Abstract Biography
The University of Tokyo
Japan
For the achievement of sustainable society, the energy efficiency of transportation system has become more important. “Low Emission & Energy Saving”, “Safety & Security” and “Comfort & Healthy” are important target for the sustainable transportation. The activities of the Advanced Mobility Research Center established in the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo for the integrated research of human-vehicle-infrastructure in April 2009 concentrated to the following three topics: Research and development of ITS (Intelligent Transport System) for road traffic and automobiles, Advanced Public Transit System, and Personal Mobility. The dynamic simulation using motion simulator and analyses using hardware-in-the-simulation technologies are useful methods in these research areas. The following topics will be shown in the presentations: the autonomous platoon operation of heavy duty truck, the advanced vehicles with electric device and eco-drive system for passenger car, the dynamics and control of vehicles with hybrid energy source using flywheel gyro, the new type of short distance energy saving urban transport system named “Eco-Ride” using potential energy, dynamics and human interface of personal mobility vehicles.
Dr. Yoshihiro Suda obtained doctor degree Student in the Department of Engineering Synthesis, the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 1987. The research topics of Prof. Suda is focused on to establish the sustainable transport system using multibody dynamics, advanced control engineering, and ecological psychology.
Now Prof. Suda is the director for Advanced Mobility Research Centre (Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo), and the director of Chiba Experiment Station (Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo).
The research topics of Prof. Suda is focused on to establish the sustainable transport system using multibody dynamics, advanced control engineering, and ecological psychology.
1. Study on control of human-vehicle-infrastructure system on advanced vehicle
2. Study on sustainable transport system
3. Study on improvement of safety, ecological ability and comfort on transportation system
The following research topics are on going:
(1) Multibody Dynamics and control for automobile, bike, and railway vehicle
(2) Development of self-steering and power-steering trucks
(3) Electro-magnetic suspension for automobiles
(4) Driving simulator and human machine interface
(5) ITS (Intelligent Transport System)
(6) Wheel/rail contact mechanics and Tire dynamics
(7) Self-powered active control for vehicles and ships
(8) Monitoring in human-vehicle-infrastructure system
(9) Study on personal mobility vehicle
(10) Onboard flywheel system
(11) Eco-transport system
(12) Evaluation of comfort