ALBATROSS: MULTIAGENT, RULE-BASED MODEL OF ACTIVITY PATTERN DECISIONS

The development of ALBATROSS: A Learning-Based, Transportation-Oriented Simulation System is summarized. This activity-based model of activity-travel behavior is derived from theories of choice heuristics that consumers apply when making decisions in complex environments. The model, one of the most comprehensive of its kind, predicts which activities are conducted when, where, for how long, and with whom, and the transport mode involved. In addition, various logical, temporal, spatial, spatial-temporal, and institutional constraints are incorporated in the model. The conceptual underpinnings of the model, its architecture, the functionality of its key agents, data collection, and model performance are discussed.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/1706-16
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=ALBATROSS%3a+MULTIAGENT%2c+RULE-BASED+MODEL+OF+ACTIVITY+PATTERN+DECISIONS&author=T.+Arentze&author=F.+Hofman&author=H.+van+Mourik&author=H.+Timmermans&publication_year=2000
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1706, Transportation Planning, Public Participation, and Telecommuting.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Arentze, T
  • Hofman, F
  • van Mourik, H
  • Timmermans, H
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 136-144
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1706
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Computer architecture; Computer models; Constraints; Data collection; Decision making; Functional analysis; Heuristic methods; Performance; Travel behavior
• Identifier Terms: ALBATROSS (Computer model)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799016
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309066832
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 26 2000 12:00AM