The Power of Sponges: High-tech versus Low-tech Gaming Simulation for the Dutch railways

Title

The Power of Sponges: High-tech versus Low-tech Gaming Simulation for the Dutch railways

 Author

Meijer, S.A.

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

 Department

Multi Actor Systems

 Date

2012-06-18

 Abstract

To facilitate innovation in transport systems there is a need for simulated environments to experiment with new configurations, ideas and solutions. Gaming simulation is such an environment, and this paper presents the approach applied in capacity allocation and traffic control innovation for the Dutch railways. Both hightech and low-tech games have been build and applied. This paper discusses the differences in use and value of the two types. Real-world application in seven cases has shown that the actual purpose of low-tech and high-tech games does not differ so much, but that the level of detail in the quantitative data yielded is much better in the high-tech games, as can be expected. Low-tech games however have shown a good purpose in questions where multiple types of roles had to be present. Connecting them to high-tech games requires other components that have long development times. Even though these modules are currently under construction, the low-tech games continue to fulfill their purpose due to their capability of stylized representation of systems and data.

 Subject

gaming simulation
traffic control
process innovation
fidelity

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 Source

CESUN 2012: 3rd International Engineering Systems Symposium, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 18-20 June 2012

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Institutional Repository

 Document type

conference paper

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(c) 2012 The Author(s)
Creative Commons BY NC
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