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Title: | An agent-based simulation framework for modelling traffic demand in Flanders | Authors: | RAMAEKERS, Katrien BELLEMANS, Tom JANSSENS, Davy WETS, Geert |
Issue Date: | 2008 | Publisher: | EUROSIS, GHENT UNIV, COUPURE LINKS 653, GHENT, B-9000, BELGIUM | Source: | Bertelle, Cyrille & Ayesh, Aladdin (Ed.) ESM 2008: The 2008 European Simulation and Modelling Conference - Modelling and Simulation ‘2008. p. 226-229. | Abstract: | Modelling traffic pattern has always been a, major area of concern in transportation research. A custom agent-based simulation framework is developed to model travel behaviour in the region of Flanders (Belgium). The framework uses an activity-based approach to model traffic demand. The major idea behind activity-based models is that travel demand is derived from the activities that. individuals and households need or wish to perform. Activity-based models lead to more realistic traffic forecasts and as a result of this, the impact of transport on environment., traffic safety and health can be predicted more accurately. Activity data for the framework is provided by a large scale survey, conducted on 2500 households in the study area. The agent-based simulation model consists of over six million agents., one for each inhabitant, to represent the Flemish population. A modular design is used in order to manage complexity easily and to update and/or replace functionalities easily. | Notes: | [Ramaekers, Katrien; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens, Davy; Wets, Geert] Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Keywords: | agent-based simulation; activity-based modelling; travel behaviour; Feathers | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/9547 | Link to publication/dataset: | http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/58#ESM | ISBN: | 978-90-77381-44-1 | ISI #: | 000264749400033 | Category: | C1 | Type: | Proceedings Paper | Validations: | ecoom 2010 |
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