Objectif Current rail transport infrastructure design is led by aesthetics and prescriptive regulations. This is a problem in passenger intensive operations, where performance and comfort are major issues. Better terminal design would provide increased passenger throughput and less overcrowding but it is very difficult to design for performance without accurate simulation tools. Existing tools are available to simulate passenger evacuation but none have been developed specifically for general circulation movements. AVATARS will develop a range of innovative technologies to allow the simulation of passenger movements in and around rail terminals in normal circulation behaviour. Tools will enable designers to populate structures with large groups of realistic, interacting agents and follow their movements through a series of pre-defined, realistic scenarios. This technology will allow building and infrastructure design to be tested for passenger comfort and venience at the design stage. In order to achieve this, AVATARS will develop five major software components. The first will look at agent interaction, specifically their interaction with each other and with their environment. The sed component will allow the agents to respond emotionally to their environment. The third component will develop a tool to rapidly generate realistic test scenarios, in order to speed up and simplify simulation runs. The fourth tool will assist users in isolating the cause of any problem within the terminal design and, lastly, a tool will be developed to improve visualisation technologies for the simulation, through rendering developments and the use of new Virtual Reality techniques. The evaluation of the developments will be carried out under a series of case studies, developed throughout the project. These will take real-world information from operating terminals and trains and produce complex, multi-event scenarios capable of evaluating the abilities of the AVATARS software. Champ scientifique natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual realitynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Mots‑clés Agent Architectures Behavioural Modelling Intermodal Transport Terminal Design Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Thème(s) SUSTDEV-2.1.1 - New technologies and concepts for all surface transport modes (Road, Rail and Waterborne) Appel à propositions FP6-2003-TRANSPORT-3 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinateur BMT LTD Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Orlando House, 1 Waldegrave Road TEDDINGTON Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (5) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse The Crescent, 43 SALFORD Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée BURO HAPPOLD LIMITED Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Camden Mill, Lower Bristol Road BATH Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Mansion Site, Bexley Road LONDON Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée AUTORITAT DEL TRANSPORT METROPOLITA Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Carrer Muntaner, 315-321 BARCELONA Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée FERROCARRILS DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Av. Pau Casals, 24 - 8e BARCELONA Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée