helpers

Helpers: constants and functions for motorized individual travel

read_kba_data()[source]

Read KBA data from CSV

read_rs7_data()[source]

Read RegioStaR7 data from CSV

read_simbev_metadata_file(scenario_name, section)[source]

Read metadata of simBEV run

Parameters:
  • scenario_name (str) – Scenario name
  • section (str) – Metadata section to be returned, one of * “tech_data” * “charge_prob_slow” * “charge_prob_fast”
Returns:

pd.DataFrame – Config data
reduce_mem_usage(df: pandas.core.frame.DataFrame, show_reduction: bool = False) → pandas.core.frame.DataFrame[source]

Function to automatically check if columns of a pandas DataFrame can be reduced to a smaller data type. Source: https://www.mikulskibartosz.name/how-to-reduce-memory-usage-in-pandas/

Parameters:
  • df (pd.DataFrame) – DataFrame to reduce memory usage on
  • show_reduction (bool) – If True, print amount of memory reduced
Returns:

pd.DataFrame – DataFrame with memory usage decreased