Towards the next generation of traffic simulators: a strategic agents-based approach

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Associate Research Fellow Johan Barthelemy

Transportation plays a key role in societies. The transportation system of a country is closely related to development of its economy by meeting the travel demands of people, and allowing the transport and the exchange of resources. Nevertheless, transportation is also endowed with negatives effects: growth of transportation demand can lead to an increase of accidents, environmental issues such as air and noise pollution, and energy consumption. Understanding and predicting the dynamics of transportation systems has then naturally become a major research field since the beginning of computer assisted transport simulations in 1955. Continue reading →

Floods and Social Media: Coping with the Deluge 3

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Associate Professor Rodney Clarke

The usual approaches to analysing the content of Tweets involve, for example, statistics, as well as techniques from the artificial intelligence community, specifically text mining and machine learning. Statistical approaches generally involve the analysis of word frequencies and the use of visualisation aides like tag clouds to indicate which key words are significant. Often these techniques are used in combination to examine the occurrence and collocation of key words associated with flooding. Continue reading →

SMART Metadata System

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Tim Davies

Ever since the ceremonial turning of the sod, the SMART Infrastructure Facility has had its sights firmly fixed on establishing a National Infrastructure Data Centre. Policies were created, a framework was established and procedures with colourful flowcharts were produced. These tools were all well and good; however the vision of the National Infrastructure Data Centre was never going to be realised while all the data SMART had collected and produced remained hidden within the depths of its shared drives and databases; hidden in such a way that not even the SMART academics themselves knew the full extent of the SMART data collection. Continue reading →

Discussing regional employment estimations

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Ashkan Masouman, Associate Research Fellow

This was my second presentation at the Western Region Science Association (WRSA) Annual Meeting (first being in 2013). So far, WRSA has been the only conference I have attended which has two sessions dedicated to input-output techniques and innovations. The chair, Prof. Geoffrey Hewings, and many of the attendees were experts in this field, and they all provided useful feedback into my research. Continue reading →

Floods and Social Media: Coping with the Deluge 2

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Associate Professor Rodney Clarke

One of the problems of using social media during emergencies is being able to assess the various kinds of information that can be in them. Continue reading →

Floods and Social Media: Coping with the Deluge 1

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Associate Professor Rodney Clarke

Social media platforms are proliferating globally both in terms of the number of platforms and also the intensity of their use. Some countries use Twitter as a valid source of emergency information and incorporate it as one of the primary sources of emergency intelligence. Continue reading →

Public Infrastructure Investment in the 2000s: Lessons from the ‘Perfect Storm’

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Joe Branigan

Australia’s ongoing productivity performance and standards of living depend fundamentally on efficient and high quality infrastructure. Perhaps no other area more directly showcases the quality of current and past government administrations than decisions on public infrastructure — including how it is planned, prioritised, funded and delivered. Continue reading →

Thinking Systems #3: Thinking about Systems Theory

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Jessica Symonds

By Graham Harris

It is always instructive to take a step back from the coalface occasionally and to take a look at the history of particular disciplines. More often than not it is possible to see that certain sets of ideas became the bedrock of our thinking – and that others did not. Continue reading →

Synchronisation of Key Travel Modes within a Transportation Hub

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Jessica Symonds

By Dr Michelle Dunbar

In many modern cities, transport infrastructure has typically developed according to a radial pattern, in response to urban-sprawl. However, as the population continues to grow and spread outwards from the CBD, existing transport infrastructure may be insufficient to cope with the increased travel demand. This may in turn lead to inaccessibility to public transport for commuters in these areas, resulting in increased car usage; exacerbating traffic congestion. Continue reading →

Thinking Systems #1

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Jessica Symonds

By Graham Harris

Welcome to a new SMART blog topic – all about systems: about what they are, and the ways we think about them, value them, construct them in our minds and in real life, and (try to) manage them. Continue reading →

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Towards the next generation of traffic simulators: a strategic agents-based approach

Floods and Social Media: Coping with the Deluge 3

Discussing regional employment estimations

Public Infrastructure Investment in the 2000s: Lessons from the ‘Perfect Storm’

Thinking Systems #3: Thinking about Systems Theory

Synchronisation of Key Travel Modes within a Transportation Hub

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