Validation of TASHA: A 24-h activity scheduling microsimulation model

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 360-375

  Roorda, Matthew J ^a   Miller, Eric J ^a   Nurul Habib, Khandker M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity based modeling; Activity scheduling; Microsimulation; TASHA; Travel demand forecasting; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION; GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

ACTIVITY BASED MODELING; ACTIVITY SCHEDULING MICROSIMULATION MODEL; TRAVEL DEMAND FORECASTING; TRAVEL SURVEY DATA; ACTIVITY SCHEDULING; MICROSIMULATION; TASHA; VALIDATION;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 38649091976     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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