by Gerald Richter on 2017-02-06 10:07:13

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in a network file I need to work with, there is an attribute defined for the links element

<links capperiod="01:00:00" effectivecellsize="7.5" effectivelanewidth="3.75">

I have found no mention of this capperiod in the book, but can guess what it means and would like to know what it is used for

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by Marcel Rieser on 2017-02-06 13:12:34

capperiod is short for "capacity period". It specifies the time period (typically and by default one hour) for which the (flow) capacity is defined in the links. So, if a link has capacity="1000", this essentially means that 1000 / capperiod, i.e. 1000 vehicles per hour with the settings above.

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by Celeste Manu on 2017-03-01 00:14:00

Whats the effective cell size? Is that the length of the vehicle?