The hierarchical system modeling for the planning of comprehensive passenger transportation hub nodes

The planning of large systems is always organized in a distributed hierarchy. Comprehensive passenger hub nodes are composed of many different elements. In this paper, the hierarchical system modelling for the comprehensive passenger hub nodes in the provincial area is researched. In the model, the cluster method is chosen and the indexing system for the hierarchical system is also established. Besides the analysis of the transport factor, the social and economic factors are also considered in the indexing evaluation so as to reflect the source of the passengers going out. At last, the planning of Jiangsu provincial comprehensive passenger hub nodes is selected as an example to illustrate the model application. The results show that the fourth hierarchical clusters of hub nodes in Jiangsu province are obtained. And for each cluster, differentiation strategy is put forward to clear its functional and logical location. The hierarchical system modelling to guide the planning work shows the good results.