Einführung

Timetable Example

This training module shows the basic concepts of the time distance diagrams. A time distance diagram demonstrates the movement of an object depending on the distance which the object has covered and the elapsed time. An object can represent all sorts of things which are able to move.

Time distance diagrams are used for the description of movement. Their applications are multifaceted. In the domain of mathematics, for example, they are used for the repesentation of linear functions. In the domain of physics they normally decribe movement processes. But the main application of the time distance diagrams is the design of timetables. The timetable development use time distance diagrams for the coordination of trains on a railway system. For this reason and because of the fact that the timetabels are a well-known example we have decided, that in our training module the objects are mainly trains. Therefore a time distance diagram which is developed by our training module, primarily represents a timetable of one or more trains.

Within this training module a timetable example consists of a time distance diagram and a corresponding map (railway system). After the start of the training module a main window with two editors, the diagram editor and the map editor will be displayed. The time distance diagram which is currently loaded is shown on the diagram editor panel and the corresponding map of the railway system is shown in the map editor panel below. By using the buttons in the editor toolbars you can create, edit and visualise time distances diagram examples. The editor toolbars are placed on the right border of the editor panels.

 
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