Introduction

This domain centers on activity based models and predicting travel mode choice. The week will provide motivation and an introduciton to both topics.

Topics

This week’s assignments will guide you through the following topics:

• Introduction to agent based models
• Introduction to travel mode choice models

Reading

Please read the following:

• Massive-Scale Models of Urban Infrastructure and Populations
• Chapter 1 of Activity-Based Travel Demand Models: A Primer

Weekly Questions

Answer the following questions

• Describe one thing you found interesting in the reading. Describe what it is in your own words and why you found it interesting.
• Describe one thing that you found difficult to understand. Try to be specific about what you don’t think you understand.
• Describe in your own words two places where agent based travel models could be used to made down-stream policy decisions (2-3 sentences on each task).