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Analysis of Requirements for Next-Generation Complex Urban and Transportation System Simulation
Transportation planning progressively includes more parameters with new technologies arising on the market, new problems and factors being considered, and an importance of interactions with other urban domains being realized. To evaluate the operations of a transportation system simulation is widely needed. However, state-of-art simulation tools do not cover all the desired parameters. This paper analyzes the functional requirements for next-generation complex urban and transportation system simulation. For this purpose, we have assessed the existing practices and future needs for urban and transportation simulation. As an effort to address identified challenges, an overall conceptual model for a next-generation urban transportation simulation tool was synthesized. The obtained conclusions can be further used for the development or modification of simulation environments. Directions for further research are discussed.