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Modeling Context-Sensitive Dynamic Activity-Travel Behavior Under Conditions of Uncertainty Incorporating Reinforcement Learning, Habit Formation, and Behavioral and Cognitive Adaptation Strategies

Accession Number:

01099484

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Activity-based analysis has slowly shifted gear from analysis of daily activity patterns to analysis and modeling of dynamic activity-travel patterns. This paper will describe and illustrate a dynamic model that is concerned with simulating habit formation and adaptation for a multi-agent system. It predicts habitual behavior versus exploitation and exploration as a function of discrepancies between dynamic, context-dependent aspiration levels and context-dependent expected utilities. Principles of cognitive learning, mental effort and memory traces are used in modeling different types of behavior under uncertainty. The paper will demonstrate model properties using numerical simulation with a case study of shopping activity.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-1768

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Han, Qi
Arentze, Theo A
Timmermans, Harry J P
Janssens, Davy
Wets, Geert

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; References (30) ; Tables (1)

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Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-1768

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 4:07PM