7 Release notes for version its-0.51

Version its-0.51:

• Empty vehicle management.
• Improved vehicle and boarding behavior for high capacity stops.
• Concept of user-profiles, see Sec. 4.1.
• Simple, real-time 3D OpenGL viewer (Requires PyOpenGL module installed), see Sec. 4.1.
• More export tools (Station statistics, trip-time tables etc.)
• Various bug fixes.

Version 0.3:

• Vehicle follower control algorithm has been enhanced by brake actuation time (which also allows to add extra inter-vehicle space for jerk adaptation).

• Improved boarding behavior for high capacity stops: if there is high demand, the stop is switching to a so called ``synchronous mode'', where the stop is divided in a unloading and loading area.

• All user types have now a boarding and an exit time as parameters.

• The new ``generic user'' can be place automatically according to a predefined origin-to-destination demand matrix.

• The new ``generic user'' has a trip start time. During the creation phase boarding and an exit time as well as start time can be randomized by giving time intervals as parameters.

• Simulator can run in command line mode, without graphical support. There are various command line options to control the most important simulation parameters and output/report file names.

• Scripting.

• Postscript snapshot tool: This tool can be ``switched on'' to make regular snapshots of the canvas. The snapshots will be saved as files in Postscript(R) format.