Positioning of technological processes in the structure of transport systems

The complexity of the transport structure is determined by its spatial differentiation, intricate hierarchy and parametric multidimensionality. Theoretically, any system, regardless of its scale and complexity, can be described by a combination of three components, which makes it possible to identify the aforementioned three fundamental principles from a position  necessary in a particular case, in a certain projection. In view of the entitled problem, the most obvious is to present the framework of the transport system with the following three-component base: technical equipment, functioning technology and organizational structure. Consideration of the technological component as a separate system allows one to reveal its inherent properties, its construction, to establish the main factors and mechanisms of influence of the applied technologies on the stability and efficiency of the functioning of transport systems. As a research paradigm, a synergistic approach is used. The internal content of the technological complex as a self-organizing object, is revealed from the standpoint of the self-similarity of its structure, the similarity of the principles of construction and behavior scenarios at all hierarchical levels. This makes it possible to obtain a sequence of projections, each of which is based on a selected sequence at the previous level of decomposition. At each step, a new coordinate axis is formed alongside with the one added at the previous step and remaining relevant in the next projection. The construction of new, more and more detailed projections is carried out up to the required level of the problem being solved. If it is necessary to implement the inductive method, the same algorithm is applied “in the opposite direction”: several constructed sections of a lower hierarchical level are combined by aggregation into one projection of a higher level, generalizing the information contained in its parts. The result is a toolbox for a clear view of both the overall structure and the detailed systematic streamlining of individual transportation technologies.