azalient designs and builds software to model people travelling from A to B. The people may be driving, or walking, or cycling, or be passengers on a train, or a bus.

Our principal software product, Commuter, models people making trips, following each person all the way from start to finish. A typical trip might be:

• leave home by car, drive to park and ride
• walk from car to platform
• wait for train
• take train to city
• walk to office

You would find this useful if your transport analysis study needs to look at all modes of transport, not just private cars. Following each person from person-origin to person-destination gives us a much clearer insight into the total cost of each trip. And if we know the total cost, we are better able to assess the potential benefit.

Microsimulation software studies often focus mainly on cars. Some studies include "pedestrians".

because they are obstacles to vehicle traffic.

In nanosimulation, we take a more holistic view, and use the term "pedestrian" to characterise a mode of travel. Commuter is a software tool that allows you to model travel from A to B, where walking is one mode among several. Commuter enables mode choice within a dynamic agent-based model, which opens up a new range of modelling possibilities.

Commuter is designed from the ground up to model people. We think this provides a better solution than bolting together two or more systems from different designers.

That's not to say that our software is new and unproven. We use proven algorithms at the core of our software, but more importantly, we give you the choice of which of those algorithms to use.

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Nanosimulation is the term we use to describe modelling each person through all modes of a trip. This level of detail allows us to measure all parts of a single trip, and apply cost values to each part separately:

• time and distance for driving in a private vehicle
• time and distance for riding on public transport, and price of fare
• time and distance for walking
• time waiting
• price of parking

If required, other factors can also be calculated - for example, total carbon emissions for the whole trip.

We call this type of analysis door-to-door economic assessment. The cost is based on all parts of a person-trip, regardless of mode.

Where might this be used?

• Assessment of a park-and-ride facility by comparing the total cost of travelling from home to work
• Assessment of parking strategies at an airport, by looking at total travel time from home to check-in, including parking price strategies and willingness to pay for different user groups

Azalient is a software company.
We design, build and support software for simulation modelling.
We have been doing it for over 15 years.

We use the latest technologies to give you the best performance. And
we pay attention to how easy it is to use our software for real projects,
so you don't waste your time.

Commuter offers:

• Fast model building, proven behaviour models, fast accessible results
• An emphasis on performance: multi-threading, for dual/quad core processors
• A CAD-like 3-D point and click interface
• An extensive Java Application Programming Inteface
• Full 3-D graphics with shading, transparency and textures
• Value for money

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