The Design of Comprehensive Microsimulator of Household Vehicle Fleet Composition, Utilization, and Evolution
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Date
2011
Authors
Paleti, Rajesh
Eluru, Naveen
Bhat, Chandra R.
Pendyala, Ram M.
Adler, Thomas J.
Goulias, Konstadinos G.
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National Academy of Sciences
Abstract
This paper describes a comprehensive vehicle fleet composition, utilization, and evolution simulator that can be used to forecast household vehicle ownership and mileage by type of vehicle over time. The components of the simulator are developed in this research effort using detailed revealed and stated preference data on household vehicle fleet composition, utilization, and planned transactions collected for a large sample of households in California. Results of the model development effort show that the simulator holds promise as a tool for simulating vehicular choice processes in the context of activity-based travel microsimulation model systems.
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At the time of publication R. Paleti, and C.R. Bhat were at the University of Texas at Austin; N. Eluru was at McGill University; R.M. Pendyala was at Arizona State University; T.J. Adler was at Resource Systems Group, Inc.; and K.G. Goulias was at the University of California Santa Barbara.
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Paleti, R., N. Eluru, C.R. Bhat, R.M. Pendyala, T.J. Adler, and K.G. Goulias (2011), "Design of Comprehensive Microsimulator of Household Vehicle Fleet Composition, Utilization, and Evolution," Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2254, pp. 44-57.