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Cost Cost Analysis Libraries

I was wondering if there are any open source libraries that are geared towards transport / cost analysis.

I am currently using microBENCOST and would like to build my own solution. I like C / C ++ and Python the most.

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A friend of mine works for a transportation planning company and they use many models developed in SPSS with a lot of data processing in Excel and visualization in ArcGIS. In terms of turnkey solutions, I think you will be more or less independent.



Assuming you want to move to something newer / more easily maintainable than a DOS application like MicroBENCOST, I would prefer to get comfortable with Scipy and then start building statistical model tooling from the original application ... For other types of simulation, you may also find SimPy useful; it does not do the simplistic cost-benefit analysis that MicroBENCOST does, but it can be applied to more open design problems that require original discrete simulations.

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I don't think there are alternatives, given that MicroBENCOST appears to be a special project designed for the state of California and transport analysis is a niche as it gets.



If you are going to create your own solution, you probably want to explore the various math libraries available for Python - specifically numpy and / or scipy .

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microBENCOST is purchased by the California Department of Transportation and does seem like the right tool. What is missing? If you need something special that hasn't been implemented yet, you might want to consider writing your own. It's hard to find something better

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