PRT - Hermes

Additions to the site

20/11/2010
Uploaded a new small simulator which compares the efficiency of a serial vs a parallel PRT station. At the simulation page.

18/4/2010
Uploaded a new network. Designed by Rick Visser for the city of Amsterdam, it is one of the largest networks designed with Hermes simulator, with 697 stations. At the simulation page.

2/10/2009
New version (2.63) of simulator with enhanced graphics. One can now see thousands of individual vehicles moving simultaneously on the map.
Fixed a bug that could crash the simulator on some rare occasions.

16/5/2009
New network for the city of Larissa, in the simulation page
More results for simulated networks, in simulation page
New simulator version (2.62)(fixed a bug related to monte-carlo statistics)

25/4/2009
New presentation: "Synchronous control for PRT networks", in the presentations page

2/11/2008
New simulator version (2.61):

  • Made several improvements to the GUI (mousewheel zooming, dragging e.t.c.)
  • Included a new bigger demo network for the city of Patras (in the \demo folder)

25/6/2008
New simulator version (2.6):

  • Made several changes to how the demand is set in a simulation
  • Introduced the ability to set the demand via a 'demand matrix'

5/11/2007
New simulator version (2.5):

  • Fixed some rarely occuring bugs
  • Improved response to emergency situtations and the related reports
  • Improved empty vehicle management

22/10/2007
Replaced the safety presentation with a newer, more complete one.

5/7/2007
New simulator version (2.3) which features:

  • ability to set speed and headway to simulate a greater variety of PRT systems
  • improved interface (mainly on statistical results)
  • important performance improvements on specific parts of the program

7/6/2007
Addition of a video that presents simulator capabilities, at the simulation page.

31/5/2007
New simulator version (2.0) which supports:

  • Online demo ,using java applet - in "simulation" page
  • Emergency mode - simulator now can handle a vehicle that stops on the main guideway
  • Many other enhancements in the program's GUI (thanks my friend Lefteris for his remarks)

3/12/2006
Various stylistic adjustments to the site layout , thanks Dimitris for his comments.

17/11/2006
Complete english version of the site is up.

29/10/2006
Initial (not complete yet , FAQ section missing) english version of the site is up.