MICROSIMULATION: ITS APPLICATION TO CAR SHARING

The advantages and disadvantages of microsimulation techniques are discussed with particular reference to their use in the modelling of organised car sharing schemes. A critical comparison of model predictions and actual scheme performance is presented. Emphasis is placed on the representational transparency which microsimulation can allow and the importance of this feature in modelling complex processes or unobservable phenomena. Microsimulation is seen to have particular advantages in the representation of equilibration or market clearance mechanisms. The limitations of microsimulation are discussed and seen to be serious enough to warrant the restriction of the technique to those circumstances where its particular advantages are called for.(a)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • BONSALL, P W
• Publication Date: 1982-9-11

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 421-429
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 16A
  • Issue Number: 5-6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car pooling (Railroads); Carpools; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Microsimulation; Ridesharing; Simulation
• ITRD Terms: 1119: Car pooling; 132: Forecast; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371983
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM