Modeling and simulation of a Multimodal Transportation System based on Hybrid Petri Nets

Abstract : The object of this paper is to model and simulate the behavior of a multimodal transportation system (MTS). Firstly, we have described the operation of the system studied consisting of a bus shuttle between two stations belonging each to a train line (System contains two transportation modes). Then, we have shown that the system can be considered as a Hybrid Dynamical System (HDS). In order to study the characteristics of the MTS, we have developed a hybrid Petri Net-based model. This model has been analyzed and some properties of the system have been evaluated. Finally, the hybrid model has been simulated with Matlab, to analyze the system evolution. Owing to this analysis it is possible to make a performance evaluation and to indicate some functional limits of the studied system.