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An initial implementation of multiagent simulation of travel behavior for a medium-sized city in China

An initial implementation of multiagent simulation of travel behavior for a medium-sized city in China

Zhuge, Chengxiang, Shao, Chunfu, Gao, Jian, Meng, Meng ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-6454 and Xu, Weiyang (2014) An initial implementation of multiagent simulation of travel behavior for a medium-sized city in China. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014:980623. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1024-123X (Print), 1563-5147 (Online) (doi:10.1155/2014/980623)

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Abstract

Since the traditional four-step model is so simple that it cannot solve complex modern transportation problems, microsimulation is gradually applied for transportation planning and some researches indicate that it is more compatible and realistic. In this paper, a framework of agent-based simulation of travel behavior is proposed, which is realized by MATSim, a simulation tool developed for large-scale agent-based simulation. MATSim is currently developed and some of its models are under training, so a detailed introduction of simulation structure and preparation of input data will be presented. In practice, the preparation process differs from one to another in different simulation projects because the available data for simulation is various. Thus, a simulation of travel behavior under a condition of limited available survey data will be studied based on MATSim; furthermore, a medium-sized city in China will be taken as an example to check whether agent-based simulation of travel behavior can be successfully applied in China.

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Additional Information: Copyright © 2014 Chengxiang Zhuge et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Travel Behavior; Multiagent Simulation
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Business
Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Connected Cities Research Group
Faculty of Business > Department of Systems Management & Strategy
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2019 16:34
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/22690

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