Towards Disaggregate Dynamic Travel Forecasting Models

The authors argue that travel forecasting models should be dynamic and disaggregate in their representation of demand, supply, and supply-demand interactions, and propose a framework for such models. The proposed framework consists of disaggregate activity-based representation of travel choices of i...

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Published in:Tsinghua science and technology 2007-04, Vol.12 (2), p.115-130
Main Authors: Ben-Akiva, Moshe, Bottom, Jon, Gao, Song, Koutsopoulos, Haris N., Wen, Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
disaggregate
dynamic
travel forecasting
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Summary:The authors argue that travel forecasting models should be dynamic and disaggregate in their representation of demand, supply, and supply-demand interactions, and propose a framework for such models. The proposed framework consists of disaggregate activity-based representation of travel choices of individual motorists on the demand side integrated with disaggregate dynamic modeling of network performance, through vehicle-based traffic simulation models on the supply side. The demand model generates individual members of the population and assigns to them socioeconomic characteristics. The generated motorists maintain these characteristics when they are loaded on the network by the supply model. In an equilibrium setting, the framework lends itself to a fixed-point formulation to represent and resolve demand-supply interactions. The paper discusses some of the remaining development challenges and presents an example of an existing travel forecasting model system that incorporates many of the proposed elements.
ISSN:1007-0214
1878-7606
1007-0214
DOI:10.1016/S1007-0214(07)70019-6