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Title: Large-Scale Agent-Based Combined Traffic Simulation of Private Cars and Commercial Vehicles
Accession Number: 01153557
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The number of independent and interdependent freight actors (firms), the complex supply chain structures between them, and the sensitivity of shipment data are some reasons that the modeling of freight traffic is lagging its public and private transit counterparts. An agent-based approach was used to reconstruct commercial activity chains and simulate them, along with private vehicles, for a large-scale scenario in Gauteng, South Africa. The simulated activities were compared with the actual observed activities of 5,196 vehicles that were inferred from Global Positioning System logs covering approximately 6 months. The results show that the reconstructed activity chains are both spatially and temporally accurate, especially in areas of high activity density. Freight vehicles are a major contributor to traffic congestion and emissions, and the new approach bridges the gap between the person and the state of the art in commercial transport modeling.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01226710
Report/Paper Numbers: 10-0546
Language: English
Authors: Joubert, Johan WFourie, Peter JAxhausen, Kay WPagination: pp 24-32
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780309160377
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; I15: Environment
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 25 2010 10:17AM
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