Information and simulation model for complex regional transport

Abstract

The main difficulties related to the economic study of traffic problems are caused by the large number of interrelated factors, hierarchical and competing goals of economic subjects, social and environmental problems of the territory, the degree of administrative independence of its individual parts, as well as the importance of regional economy within the country. The application of rigorous mathematical tools to assess trends in the development of transport infrastructure in these conditions is very limited and is usually reduced to the justification of a few scenarios. The paper offers specific methodological approaches, analytical apparatus with a number of the analyzed conditions and factors, a logical basis for the formation of scenarios in the design of transport systems, including the railway infrastructure of the region. The novelty of the approach used is a combination of accounting features of the territory from the perspective of mineral resources development, and quantification of long-term needs in the freight made on the balance calculations basis.

Imitation forecast of railway system operation in a macroregion

“…To study development issues of a regional railway system, an analytical information system was designed that makes it possible to structure the processes of analysing general problems of boosting the effectiveness and sustainability of the railway system as well as individual railway infrastructure development projects [9]. The authors believe that the approach provides for a fuller appreciation of the impact that the implementation of local projects and programmes has on integral indicators of the system performance.…”