Using emulators to approximate predicted performance indicators of complex microsimulation and multiagent models of travel demand

Transportation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-103

  Rasouli, S ^a   Timmermans, H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity based model; ALBATROSS; Emulator; Travel distance; Travel time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883387258     PISSN: 19427867     EISSN: 19427875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1942786713Z.0000000008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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