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NetworkSim dynamically simulates your operations, taking feeds from various inputs including industry standard tools, to provide quick, “fail fast” and objective performance results, using statistically sound modelling, rather than relying on legacy tools that can’t work with large numbers or real-world statistical distributions. The result is perfect insight that helps you make the right decision.

How do I get a statistically robust view of what my operational performance and KPI results will be?
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NetworkSim is an agent-based digital twin simulation tool that simulates your operations, taking feeds from various inputs including industry standard tools, to provide quick, “fail fast” and objective performance results, using statistically sound modelling, rather than relying on legacy tools that can’t work with large numbers or real-world statistical distributions. The result is perfect insight that helps you make the right decision.

NetworkSim product

NetworkSim shows visually and with data outputs how a network will perform with different infrastructure or timetable options. It takes industry standard inputs (in rail from timetable tools like RailSys, Hastus or Austrics) or IoT/logistics networks time stamps. We build a schematic of your physical network and set vehicles to interact with the network based on your inputs (either real-life timestamp data, or planning tools like GTFS timetables).

NetworkSim then statistically evaluates the quality of different infrastructure options or timetables by simulating the results. This is particularly powerful where there are too many options to check manually, or when legacy timetable tools take too long to build and change (or don’t have enough model runs to be statistically valid).

How it works.

NetworkSim creates an infrastructure schematic based on your network data (physical network structure, including timing points, entry/exit rules, rail signalling rules, stops, loading bays or termini and any other relevant requirements).
We then build a ‘timetable’ either by taking GTFS format from your timetable systems, or by building headway/scheduling models, or by using your real-world distributions of time to plot how vehicles actually travel through your network. The bigger the data set the better (so we can plot a full statistically valid distribution).
We build in adjustments to the network for you to test. This can be loading bay rules for logistics networks, or different infrastructure options for rail networks (e.g. different platforms, crossover or station configurations or driver behaviour).
We then run NetworkSim thousands of times until we get a stable, statistically valid representation of your network. We can compare the relative performance of each infrastructure, timetable or other option, and encode your KPIs if you need to calculate the consequences like financial penalties of delays or disruptions to your network.

Headway vs timetable

Specify how you’ll run your network – we’re flexible enough to work with any operation type from random turn-up, to fixed timetable, to headway services.

Highly flexible inputs

Specify how you’ll run your network – we’re flexible enough to work with any operation type from random turn-up, to fixed timetable, to headway services.

Blockage options

Specify how you’ll run your network – we’re flexible enough to work with any operation type from random turn-up, to fixed timetable, to headway services.

Highly flexible network configuration

Specify how you’ll run your network – we’re flexible enough to work with any operation type from random turn-up, to fixed timetable, to headway services.

Different infrastructure options

Specify how you’ll run your network – we’re flexible enough to work with any operation type from random turn-up, to fixed timetable, to headway services.

Convert performance to costs

Specify how you’ll run your network – we’re flexible enough to work with any operation type from random turn-up, to fixed timetable, to headway services.

NetworkSim whitepaper

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Testing KPIs for a new light rail network

To find an optimal network infrastructure, timetable and risk profile NetworkSim was used for a new light rail network. The available data from industry standard timetabling and traffic light tools was used and loaded into NetworkSim. Next, multiple network configurations, timetables and driver behaviour profiles were evaluated and converted into objective insight into performance and associated costs. This enabled the executive team to perfectly tune their bid details with their desired risk appetite and simultaneously demonstrate this in a transparent and intuitive way.

About NetworkSim.

Mobility affects us all and is one of the key drivers for an efficient economy. A technological revolution is causing the industry to rapidly change, driven by the vast availability of high quality data. Now is the time to put this data to use and fuel innovative initiatives with new tools.

When our clients started saying that they had no way to properly test new ideas, or that their timetable systems produced timetables that worked on paper, but not in real life, we decided to rise to the challenge. We have dedicated ourselves to boost efficiency and innovation by using data to its full potential and NetworkSim is one of the key parts of that vision.

We combine our years of experience in the mobility sector with creativity, pure data science and our love for coding to build the applications of tomorrow.

The availability of enormous amount of computing power in combination with multiple new data sources ask for a new approach in the industry. Gone are the days trial and error in network planning.

Utilising the strength of simulation tools while addressing weaknesses in the existing network planning software options is what we’re all about. Our goal is to provide insights and boost improvements while doing what we love.

Interested in what we can do for you? Check out our demos, our solutions or get in touch. We love to hear from you!

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