Print Email Facebook Twitter A Quantitative Comparison of Aggregate Trip-based, Disaggregate Tour-based, and Disaggregate Activity-based Travel Production Models Title A Quantitative Comparison of Aggregate Trip-based, Disaggregate Tour-based, and Disaggregate Activity-based Travel Production Models Author Rot, M.C. Contributor De Romph, E. (mentor) Kiel, J. (mentor) Pel, A.J. (mentor) Molin, E.J.E. (mentor) Scheltes, W.H. (mentor) Arentze, T.A. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Transport & Planning Programme Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics Date 2015-02-12 Abstract Activity-based modelling (ABM) is the latest development in travel demand modelling practice. Different from different conventional approaches (which concern mathematical relationships between personal characteristics and travel behaviour), ABM explicitly take into consideration the reasons behind an individual’s travel behaviour. Anno 2015, ABM is widely practiced in the U.S., but not in the Netherlands. Only few studies have been performed that address differences between model approaches on a quantitative level. Aim of this research is to answer questions from a technologic point of view (developers of travel demand models and travel surveys) as well as from a policy-making point of view (transport related decision-makers). To this end, three travel production models are developed, run, and compared. These are (1) a trip-based model based on aggregate data, (2) a tour-based model based on disaggregate data, and (3) an activity-based model also based on disaggregate data. The same selection of data from the Dutch OViN household survey 2010 is used for each model. The research gives various recommendations for further research by academic or commercial model developers. In addition, the quantitative results of this research confirm many of the theoretical advantages described by activity-based authors. Compared to the other developed models, the activity-based production model provides the most accurate and realistic outputs. It, however, also requires more effort in development, implying that net benefits of ABM still need to be mirrored to the purpose of the model study. Literature research in addition shows that the step from tour- to activity-based modelling is not necessarily very large. Subject Travel demand modellingActivity-based approach (ABM)Transportation systems analysisTravel behaviour analysisAggregate & DisaggregatePADRELMS/NRMALBATROSSSACOGOViN (CBS)MON (CBS) To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:eb7f0523-d135-4291-906e-6968f3ca3159 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2015 Rot, M.C. Files PDF THESIS_M.C.Rot_repository ... 201502.pdf 1.66 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:eb7f0523-d135-4291-906e-6968f3ca3159/datastream/OBJ/view