Classic Road Constructor Using Table

Description

Submodel Replicates the original road constructor module of (Classic) Dinamica 2.x. This submodel allows some of its parameters (tables) to be customized according to model step.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
Road NetWork	Categorical Map Type	Existing road net work.
Land Use Mask	Map Type	Mask to delimit search regions.
Friction	Map Type	Set the effort to cross a cell.
Attractiveness	Map Type	Set attractiveness degree to be reached by roads.

Optional Inputs

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
Road Construction Parameters	Table Type	Parameters used to control the road construction.	...
Merge Road Maps	Boolean Value Type	If true, new road segments will be merged with input network.	True
Friction Is Relative	Boolean Value Type	If true friction is relative to map units in meter.	False
Model Step	Integer Value Type	Model step.	1

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Updated Road Network	Map Type	Updated road network or new roads.

Group

Road Constructor

Notes

The parameters used to control the road construction (Road Construction Parameters) consist of a table with the following columns:

Column Name	Key or Data?	Column Type	Description
“Step”	Key	Real	The current type step (years, months etc).
“Lower_Distance”	Data	Real	Lower distance to start a new road based on the current time step
“Upper_Distance”	Data	Real	Upper distance to start a new road based on the current time step
“Horizontal_Quadrants”	Data	Real	Number of horizontal quadrants in the attractiveness map base on the current time step
“Vertical_Quadrants”	Data	Real	Number of vertical quadrants in the attractiveness map base on the current time step

Internal Name

ClassicRoadConstructorUsingTable