A novel agent-based transportation model of a university campus with application to quantifying the environmental cost of parking search

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-104

  Guo, Liya ^a   Huang, Shan ^a   Sadek, Adel W ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling and simulation; Emissions estimation; Micro simulation; MOVES; Parking choice and behavior; TRANSIMS

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; GAME THEORY; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SURVEYS;

AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION; EMISSIONS ESTIMATION; MICROSIMULATION; MOVES; TRANSIMS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; MODEL VALIDATION; PARKING; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84874494182     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.045     Document Type: Article

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