Computer Simulation of Household Activity Scheduling

T Gärling, T Kalén, J Romanus, Marcus Selart and B Vilhelmson
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B Vilhelmson: Department of Geography, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University, Vasagatan 1, S-41180 Göteborg, Sweden

Environment and Planning A, 1998, vol. 30, issue 4, 665-679

Abstract: An operational model of household activity scheduling is proposed. The model is based on a theory entailing behavioral principles of how persons acquire, represent, and use information from and about the environment. Choices of destinations and departure times are consequences of the scheduling of a set of activities to be executed in a given time cycle. Illustrative computer simulations of the operational model show realistic effects of work hours, living in or outside the center, and travel speed. Several necessary improvements of the theory and operational model are discussed, such as incorporating learning effects and choice of travel mode for home-based trip chains. Strategies outlined for empirical tests include comparisons with existing models, psychological experiments illuminating basic assumptions, and the use of geographical information systems to process travel-diary data for single cases.

Date: 1998
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