Can decision making processes benefit from a user friendly land use and transport interaction model?

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Can decision making processes benefit from a user
friendly land use and transport interaction model?

• design decision support systems conference 2006
• 4-7 July 2006, Heeze, The Netherlands
• Paul Pfaffenbichler, Günter Emberger, Nikolaus
  Ibesich
• Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic
  Engineering
• Vienna University of Technology

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Introduction

• The context of decision making
• The dynamic land use and transport interaction
  model MARS
• The MARS flight simulator tool
• Experience with the MARS flight simulator
• Conclusions and further needs

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The context of decision making
Objectives, Indicators
Assess problems
Scenarios
Potential Instruments
Implement
Barriers
Evaluate Performance
Predict Impacts
Possible Strategies
Optimisation
Compare Solutions
Monitor
Appraisal
Source May et. al. 2003
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The dynamic land use and transport interaction
model MARS

• MARS is a fast land use and transport interaction
  model.
• MARS works on a rather high spatial aggregation.
• MARS includes feedback loops between land use and
  transport system.
• MARS includes all relevant regional means of
  transport.
• MARS is not an equilibrium model.
• MARS is designed to identify optimal land use and
  transport strategy packages.
• MARS aims at being as transparent as possible
  (White box).
• MARS is written in Vensim, a system dynamics
  software.

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The dynamic land use and transport interaction
model MARS Overall structure
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The dynamic land use and transport interaction
model MARS Sub-models
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The dynamic land use and transport interaction
model MARS Cause effect relations

• The land use part

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The dynamic land use and transport interaction
model MARS Cause effect relations

• The transport part

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The MARS flight simulator tool
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The MARS flight simulator tool
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The MARS flight simulator tool
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The MARS flight simulator tool
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The output tool Animap
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Experience with the MARS flight simulator

• Workshops in Thailand and Vietnam

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Thank you very much for your attention!

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