Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
reverting the readme back to the latest public version
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
matthewpearlson authored Dec 12, 2019
1 parent b20a8d1 commit f74f946
Showing 1 changed file with 14 additions and 10 deletions.
24 changes: 14 additions & 10 deletions README.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,35 +1,39 @@
# FTOT

Freight Transportation Optimization Tool
Freight and Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool

## Description:
FTOT is a flexible scenario-testing tool that optimizes the transportation of materials for future energy and freight
scenarios. FTOT models and tracks commodity-specific information and can take into account conversion of raw materials to products (e.g., crude oil to jet fuel and diesel) and the fulfillment of downstream demand. FTOT was developed at the US DOT's Volpe Research Transportation Center.
scenarios. FTOT models and tracks commodity-specific information and can take into account conversion of raw materials to products (e.g., crude oil to jet fuel and diesel) and the fulfillment of downstream demand. FTOT was developed at the US Dept. of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

## Installation:
See FTOT Installation wiki for the detailed instructions.
See [FTOT Installation wiki](https://github.com/VolpeUSDOT/FTOT-Public/wiki/FTOT-Installation-Guide) for the detailed instructions.
* FTOT is a python based tool.
* Clone or download the repository.
* Install the required dependencies (including ESRI ArcGIS)
* Download the [documentation and scenario dataset](https://github.com/VolpeUSDOT/FTOT-Public/wiki/Documentation-and-Scenario-Datasets)

## Usage:
* Usage is explained in the Quick Start documentation here.
* Usage is explained in the Quick Start documentation here: [Documentation and Scenario Dataset Wiki](https://github.com/VolpeUSDOT/FTOT-Public/wiki/Documentation-and-Scenario-Datasets)

## Contributing:
* Add bugs and feature requests to the Issues tab for the Volpe Development Team to triage.

## Credits:
* Dr. Kristin Lewis (Volpe) <Kristin.Lewis@dot.gov>
* Matthew Pearlson (Volpe) <Matthew.Pearlson@dot.gov>
* Alexander Oberg (Volpe) <Alexander.Oberg@dot.gov>
* Olivia Gillham (Volpe) <Olivia.Gillham@dot.gov>
* Gary Baker (Volpe) <Gary.Baker@dot.gov>
* Dr. Scott B. Smith (Volpe) <Scott.Smith@dot.gov>
* Amy Vogel (Volpe) <amy.vogel@dot.gov>
* Michelle Gilmore (Volpe) <Michelle.Gilmore@dot.gov>
* Gary Baker (Volpe)
* Olivia Gillham (Volpe)
* Michelle Gilmore (Volpe)
* Alexander Oberg (Volpe)
* Dr. Scott B. Smith (Volpe)
* Amy Vogel (Volpe)

## Project Sponsors:
The development of FTOT that contributed to this public version was funded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Environment and Energy and the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Naval Research through Interagency Agreements (IAA) FA4SCJ and FB48CS under the supervision of FAA’s Nathan Brown and by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Policy under IAA VXS3A2 under the supervision of Zachary Clement. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the FAA nor of DOE.

## Acknowledgements:
The FTOT team thanks our Beta testers and collaborators for valuable input during the FTOT Public Release beta testing, including Dane Camenzind, Kristin Brandt, and Mike Wolcott (Washington State University), Mik Dale (Clemson University), Emily Newes and Ling Tao (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Seckin Ozkul, Robert Hooker, and George Philippides (Univ. of South Florida), and Chris Ringo (Oregon State University).

## License:
This project is licensed under the terms of the FTOT End User License Agreement. Please read it carefully.

0 comments on commit f74f946

Please sign in to comment.