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https://doi.org/10.3141/1706-16

http://scholar.google.com...mans&publication_year=2000

The development of ALBATROSS: A Learning-Based, Transportation-Oriented Simulation System is summarized. This activity-based model of activity-travel behavior is derived from theories of choice heuristics that consumers apply when making decisions in complex environments. The model, one of the most comprehensive of its kind, predicts which activities are conducted when, where, for how long, and with whom, and the transport mode involved. In addition, various logical, temporal, spatial, spatial-temporal, and institutional constraints are incorporated in the model. The conceptual underpinnings of the model, its architecture, the functionality of its key agents, data collection, and model performance are discussed.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1706, Transportation Planning, Public Participation, and Telecommuting.

English

p. 136-144

2000

Transportation Research Record

0309066832

Figures (3) ; References (26) ; Tables (2)

Activity choices; Computer architecture; Computer models; Constraints; Data collection; Decision making; Functional analysis; Heuristic methods; Performance; Travel behavior

ALBATROSS (Computer model)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Sep 26 2000 12:00AM

• CONCEPTUAL MODEL TO SUPPORT SYSTEMATIC USE OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES
• CREATING A SYNTHETIC HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL AND ACTIVITY SURVEY: RATIONALE AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
• EFFECTS OF ACCESS FEATURES AND INTERACTION AMONG DRIVEWAYS AS INVESTIGATED BY SIMULATION
• FORECASTING AND ASSESSING THE MOBILITY EFFECTS OF TELESERVICES: SCENARIO APPROACH
• HOW TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS AND DECISION MAKERS ADDRESS RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
• MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION ON HIGH-CLASS ROADS: ENHANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES AND DRIVING DYNAMICS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
• MICROSIMULATION MODEL OF ACTIVITY-TRAVEL PATTERNS AND TRAFFIC FLOWS: SPECIFICATION, VALIDATION TESTS, AND MONTE CARLO ERROR
• ON MODELING DEPARTURE-TIME CHOICE FOR HOME-BASED SOCIAL/RECREATIONAL AND SHOPPING TRIPS
• OPTIONS APPROACH TO RISK ANALYSIS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• PICKING PUBLICS PROPERLY: AN ARTFUL SCIENCE
• PRIORITIZING MAJOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS: COMPARISON OF EVALUATION CRITERIA
• PROPENSITY TO WORK FROM HOME: MODELING RESULTS FROM THE 1995 NATIONWIDE PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION SURVEY
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C., REGION: REPORT ON AN ASSESSMENT
• SELECTION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL STRATEGY FOR LONG-RANGE TRAVEL FORECASTING
• TESTING FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INDUCED HIGHWAY TRAVEL DEMAND IN METROPOLITAN AREAS
• TRAFFIC FORECASTING AS IF INTERSECTION CONTROL MATTERS: THE SEQUEL
• UTAH'S LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CORRIDOR PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES