Other tools
Two further synthetic-population tools are listed in the handbook. Both are present as headings with their details marked as outstanding.
Content to be supplied
For both tools below, the handbook records a Definition heading with no text, and
gives Required inputs and Generated outputs as TBD. Nothing has been
specified yet.
Python codes
| Field | Status |
|---|---|
| Definition | Heading present, no content |
| Required inputs | TBD |
| Generated outputs | TBD |
The entry suggests bespoke scripting used alongside the named models, but the handbook does not say what the scripts do, what they consume or what they emit.
Eqasim
| Field | Status |
|---|---|
| Definition | Heading present, no content |
| Required inputs | TBD |
| Generated outputs | TBD |
A note on the name
The handbook spells this "Equasim". This most likely refers to eqasim, the open-source pipeline for generating synthetic travel demand for MATSim, which would fit its placement among the synthetic-population tools.
The spelling should be confirmed with the authors before this page is finalised.
An open list
The handbook closes its tool list with a standing instruction rather than a full stop:
Any other transport demand dataset or tool used or developed in DARe must be included as the one above.
In other words, this chapter is expected to grow. New demand tools introduced by the project should be documented here in the same form as NTEM, SILO and SPENSER: a definition, a link, required inputs and generated outputs.
What to supply for each new tool
| Field | Why it is needed |
|---|---|
| Definition | What the tool is and what problem it solves |
| Link | Where to obtain it or read its documentation |
| Required inputs | What must be prepared before it can run |
| Generated outputs | What it produces, and in what form |
| Downstream use | Which model consumes its output |