A spatial agent-based model for the simulation of adults' daily walking within a city

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Yang, Yong ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^a   Auchincloss, Amy H ^c   Rodriguez, Daniel A ^d   Brown, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LAND USE; LEISURE; MALE; MODEL; POLICY; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 79951745293     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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