COMPLEXCITY: MODELING URBAN MOBILITY

Armando Bazzani (), Sandro Rambaldi, Bruno Giorgini and Giorgio Turchetti
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Armando Bazzani: Laboratory "Fisica della Città," INFN sezione di Bologna, Center L. Galvani for Biocomplexity, Physics Department, via Irnerio 46, 40126, Bologna, Italy
Sandro Rambaldi: Laboratory "Fisica della Città," INFN sezione di Bologna, Center L. Galvani for Biocomplexity, Physics Department, via Irnerio 46, 40126, Bologna, Italy
Bruno Giorgini: Laboratory "Fisica della Città," INFN sezione di Bologna, Center L. Galvani for Biocomplexity, Physics Department, via Irnerio 46, 40126, Bologna, Italy
Giorgio Turchetti: Laboratory "Fisica della Città," INFN sezione di Bologna, Center L. Galvani for Biocomplexity, Physics Department, via Irnerio 46, 40126, Bologna, Italy

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2007, vol. 10, issue su, pages 255-270

Abstract: We consider the problem of modeling urban mobility using the complex systems key of lecture. We discuss the properties of the Auto-mobilis model, a virtual simulator for private car mobility based on the individual citizen propensities and the existence of "chronotopoi", which are the primary causes of citizens' mobility requests. Auto-mobilis is a microscopic agent-based model that takes into account both the physical interactions and the cognitive dynamics. We present the current status of the project and discuss the applications to real situations. The model assumptions are justified by a comparison with GPS observational data on single vehicle trajectories.

Keywords: Urban mobility; complex systems; automata gas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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