A coupled multi-agent microsimulation of social interactions and transportation behavior

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 296-309

  Hackney, Jeremy ^a   Marchal, Fabrice ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activity based planning; Behavior microsimulation; Social networks; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE VALUATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ACTIVITY-BASED; CHOICE SET FORMATIONS; COORDINATED SCHEDULING; MICROSIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TRANSPORTATION SIMULATIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS; VERIFICATION RESULTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952453075     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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