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Management Information and StatisticsEN12896 – 8 The data model part supporting management information and statistics provides some additional data descriptions which may be needed apart from the information elements already included in the scheduling, operations management and control, passenger information and fare management sub-models. Statistical information may of course be provided for any object of …

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Driver ManagementEN12896 – 7 This part of the reference data model describes all the information that is necessary to schedule (logical) drivers to work the blocks and duties necessary to provide the defined service offer to the passengers.The process of ordering driver duties into sequences in order to obtain a balanced work share among the …

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Passenger InformationEN12896 – 6 The reference data model covering the domain of Passenger Information not only describes the data needed for applications providing passengers with relevant information on planned and actual services, but also the data resulting from the planning and control processes which may result in service modifications which also may be of interest …

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Fare ManagementEN12896 – 5 The fare management data model aims at a generic description of the data objects and elements needed to support functions such as defining of the tariff structures, fare products and their parameters; operating sales, validating the consumption and charging customers. Tariff structures and products can be complex and there are differences …

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Operations Monitoring and Control EN12896 – 4 The domain of operations monitoring and control concerns all activities related to the actual transportation process. It is also known as real-time control, or operations management. The supply basis for each operating day is known as a production plan, composed of the planned work of each available resource …

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Versions How is the evolution of data taken into account? The concept of VERSION is used for this. A VERSION is a group of operational data instances which share the same VALIDITY CONDITIONs. A version belongs to a unique VERSION FRAME and is characterised by a unique TYPE OF VERSION (which is a classification of …

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What does the Vehicle Scheduling domain cover? Chaining vehicle journeys into blocks of vehicle operations is one of the main functions of vehicle scheduling. The corresponding entities and relationships included in the reference data model allow a comprehensive description of the data needs associated with this functionality, independently of the particular methods and algorithms applied …

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How are the time-related aspects of a public transport network taken into account? One of the main principles of Transmodel is to clearly distinguish the space-related concepts from the time-related concepts. The Reference Data model covers, on one hand, the topological aspects of the Public Transport Network and, on the other hand, time-related aspects. The …

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Public Transport Network Topology Is the road network taken into account? The model of the infrastructure network is very basic and simple in Transmodel, made of INFRASTRUCTURE POINTs and LINKs. It is used to represent specific operational constraints (restrictions) for public transport operation resulting from the characteristics of the INFRASTRUCTURE POINTs and LINKs and of …

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Transmodel tutorials  have been grouped and organized in the following main sections: Common Concepts Network description Timing information Vehicle scheduling Operations Monitoring and Control Fare Management Passenger Information Driver Management Management Information and Statistics Technical User Support Organisation Rationale of Transmodel Public Transport is facing competition from ever-increasing private car transport and a general trend to …

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