Modeling Location Decisions of Retailers with an Agent-Based Approach
The paper reports about a project, where an agent-based module of location decisions of retailers has been implemented into the agent-based traffic simulator MATSim-T. The retailer module focuses on the retailers’ location choice. Retailers are modeled as agents in the simulation and are allowed to relocate their stores, according to a given strategy, in order to maximize the number of their customers. The paper discusses first the conceptual background of the model and then the actual implementation. A test case, a large scale scenario representing the urban agglomeration of Zurich, Switzerland, is presented. The discussion of the results focuses on possible practical applications of the tool and on further developments.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD30 Transportation and Land Development
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Authors:
- Ciari, Francesco
- Axhausen, Kay W
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
- Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 21p
- Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Forecasting; Location; Relocation (Facilities); Retail trade; Simulation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Agent based models; Stores, Retail
- Geographic Terms: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01373740
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 12-4042
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jun 25 2012 2:47PM