Ideal Means of Transport?

• wrexham

  21 May 07, 23:32

  Point-to-point transit refers to a transportation system where a plane, bus or train travels directly to a destination rather than going through a central hub as opposed to the spoke-hub distribution paradigm where the transportation goes to a central location where the passenger changes to another train, bus or plane to reach their destination.
  
  The Spoke-hub distribution paradigm (also known as a hub and spoke model or hub and spoke network) derives its name from a bicycle wheel, which consists of a number of spokes extending outward from a central hub. In the abstract sense, a location is selected to be a hub, and the paths that lead from points of origin and destination are considered spokes. The model is commonly used in industry, in particular in transport, telecommunications and freight.
  
  which would you prefer, and why?
  
  intellectual responses only, please.
• Darkness_hacker99

  21 May 07, 23:36

  I teleport..
• wrexham

  21 May 07, 23:41

  intellectual responses only, please.
• Hogzilla

  21 May 07, 23:42

  I won't do ur homework for you.
• mr_sotong

  21 May 07, 23:43

  i have limited intelligence.. pls simplified it..
• Hogzilla

  21 May 07, 23:46

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  I teleport..

  teleport?
  
  Chey~
  Lao ya.
  
  I bring the place to me, not me to the place.
• wrexham

  21 May 07, 23:55

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  I won't do ur homework for you.

  haha. yeahh. it's my homework
  
  riiight -.-
• Darkness_hacker99

  21 May 07, 23:57

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  I won't do ur homework for you.

  x2.
• LazerLordz

  21 May 07, 23:57

  Ideal? Anti-grav cars.
• wrexham

  22 May 07, 00:09

  harhar. yepp. it's my HW. -.- deciding which means of transport is better.
  
  antigrav cars wouln't cause traffic jams. but once someone's drunk... BAM
• dark_snowboy

  22 May 07, 00:26

  Originally posted by wrexham:

  harhar. yepp. it's my HW. -.- deciding which means of transport is better.
  
  antigrav cars wouln't cause traffic jams. but once someone's drunk... BAM

  Whats AI for?!
  Its slated to come in 10years..but..
• wrexham

  22 May 07, 00:31

  haha. i've heard of autoparking cars (:
• curryman

  22 May 07, 01:03

  most books on "Operations research or management" have at least a few chapters on what u are looking for.
  
  I forgot the term for the knowledge u are looking for but it has something to do with nodes and networks and the aim is to find the best and most efficeint way to travel from one node to another.
  
  However, no matter how well or efficient ur model is on paper, extra care must be taken as in real life, there will be uncertainties like floods, rain, traffic jam, accidents, etc etc. In other words, this "theory" is useful to a certain extent as it cannot compute uncertainties (good for academics, but if u want things to work in real like, competent consultants advice must be obtained)
  
  If u are in NUS...start with the course called operations research.
  
  Its quite math intensive.
• Darkness_hacker99

  22 May 07, 01:07

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  teleport?
  
  Chey~
  Lao ya.
  
  I bring the place to me, not me to the place.

  
• allentyb

  22 May 07, 09:46

  
• Mospeada

  22 May 07, 09:49

  I use the explosive space modulator
  
  
• ^tamago^

  22 May 07, 09:52

  Almost everywhere in the world is changing to spoke-hub networks. Ours is. RapidKL just revamped theirs in this manner last year. Operational-wise, it is efficient. For the commuter, however, transfers become inevitable.
  
  Such a system existed for years when u consider intercity coach services as hub-to-hub and local services as the spokes.