Open transport modeling networking for transportation applications.
M R Wigan, Paul K. Drain · Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University) · 2002
Transport modeling has developed to a stage where there is a wide range of tools, but a high levelof dependence on commercial systems. Recent developments in software and licensingapproaches have underpinned the rapid development of robust open source operating systems. Inparallel to these developments, formal specifications of data (largely though XML andapplication-specific XML vocabularies) have begun to emerge for transport-specific applications.At the same time Java has become a widely used development tool. It is argued that thesedevelopments allow a new approach to transport modeling and data interchange that can offerhigher levels of access and more rapid adaptation to local circumstances and to smaller researchgroups. The role of global knowledge networking is considered as the underpinning for such aninitiative, and the appropriateness of the GPL (General Public License) widely used in opensource software is considered.