Network analysis and transport

OBJECTIVES:

To problematize network analysis. Discuss the topological and geometrical structure of transport networks. Presentation of some algorithms for solving transport problems. Analysing transport networks in GIS: the principles of transport networks modelling, geometry and databases. Modelling simple and multimodal transport networks.

PROGRAMMATIC TOPICS:

I. Introduction;

II. Network analysis Topological structures, Graph Theory, Connectivity Indices and Accessibility Indices; Geometric structures, Network shapes and Network density;

III. Transport problems; Algorithms for solving transport problems; Determination of optimal paths; Linear programming;

IV. Network analysis in GIS; Principles of network modelling in vector GIS; Definition of multimodal networks; Path optimization; Determination of areas of influence.