List of Figures

1. Geographical Distribution
2. Population Skill Distribution
3. Pathway from Operations Concept to Models of Behavior/Structure to Requirements
4. Traceability Mappings for the Development Pathway, Goals/Scenarios through System Evaluation (Source: Austin/Baras [6])
5. Model and Evaluation of New Development and Impact on Pre-Existing Infrastructure
6. The Sims$^{\small{TM}}$ Entity Requirements Model
7. ``Live'' use case diagram.
8. GeneralClasses Object Model Diagram
9. Example CellTypes Class Diagram
10. State Chart Model for Behavior of an Individual
11. Data Dependencies Among Components in Simulation Framework
12. Transit use case diagram
13. Cell Class Diagram
14. Neighborhood Class Structure
15. Station Conceptual Model
16. Transit Simulation Activity Diagram
17. Arbitrary transit graph used for Verification and Validation. Yellow nodes indicate stations, red nodes indicate waypoints.
18. System Snapshot in yEd GraphML Viewer
19. 20-node PRT Triangular Mesh Network
20. 1D Light-Rail System Connecting Four Neighborhoods`
21. 1D Light-Rail System Connecting Four Neighborhoods, but with Local and Express Bypass Routes
22. 2D Hexagonal Cluster
23. 3D Hexagonal Cluster with Express Bypass Routes
24. Passenger Transit Time
25. Passenger Departure Time
26. Passenger Stops / Transfers
27. Vehicles In Transit
28. Vehicle Fleet Utilization
29. Effect of vehicle size on passenger and fleet performance metrics: a comparison of linear vs. express routing
30. Effect of station size on passenger and fleet performance metrics: a comparison of linear vs. express routing
31. Constraint Pooling
32. Recursive self-similar 2D space-filling Heptree Hierarchy
33. Notional CDF of vehicle arrivals vs. transit time, based on historical records

List of Abbreviations

CPU	Central Processing Unit
GPS	Global Positioning System
graphML	Graph Markup Language
HCPPT	High Capacity Point-to-Point Transit
LP	Linear Program
MIP	Mixed Integer Program
MPS	Mathematical Programming System
OMG	Object Management Group
PRT	Personal Rapid Transit
RTA	Required Time of Arrival
RTD	Required Time of Departure
TPS	Traveling Salesman Problem
UML	Unified Modeling Language
WGS-84	World Geodetic Summit of 1984