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Calibrating Activity-Based Models with External Origin-Destination Information: Overview Of Different Possibilities
Cools, Mario; Moons, Elke; Wets, Geert
2010In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2175, p. 98-110
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Abstract :
[en] Many practitioners question the advantages of activity-based models over conventional four-step models in regard to replication of traffic counts. This paper highlights a framework that actively links travel demand models in general and activity-based models in particular with traffic counts. Two approaches are presented that calibrate activity-based models with traffic count—an indirect and a direct approach. The indirect approach tries to incorporate findings based on the analysis of traffic counts into the components of the activity-based models. The direct approach calibrates the parameters of the travel demand model in such a way that the model replicates the observed traffic counts (quasi-) perfectly. A practical example is provided to illustrate the direct approach. The study area for this practical example is Hasselt, Belgium, a city of about 70,000 residents, and its surrounding municipalities. The practical examples revealed not a single roadway to success in calibrating activity-based models, but different options exist in fine-tuning the activity-based model. It is important to recognize some open issues and avenues for further research. First, it is not always appropriate to assume that traffic counts are completely correct. Setting up some belief structure might increase the responsiveness of the activity-based model. In addition, the origin-destination matrix calibration that optimizes the correspondence between estimated and observed screen-line counts could negatively affect the correspondence to other measures, such as vehicle miles traveled. To conclude, the formulation of a multiobjective calibration method is a key challenge for further research.
Research center :
Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
LEMA - Local Environment Management and Analysis
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
Cools, Mario  ;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Moons, Elke;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Wets, Geert;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Language :
English
Title :
Calibrating Activity-Based Models with External Origin-Destination Information: Overview Of Different Possibilities
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
ISSN :
0361-1981
eISSN :
2169-4052
Publisher :
U.S. National Research Council, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Volume :
2175
Pages :
98-110
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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