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Billy Charlton edited this page Sep 5, 2018 · 2 revisions

Is MATSim able to handle microsimulation?

by FernandoF on 2017-01-20 11:17:04


I would like my simulation consider the physics involved in the car movement as acceleration, deceleration and more. Is MATSim prepared to handle this degree of detail about the simulated vehicles?


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Re: Is MATSim able to handle microsimulation?

by Johan W. Joubert on 2017-01-20 12:20:27

The dynamics, Fernando, is, to my knowledge, assumed to have the link as the lowest level of detail. So what happens within a link is assumed to remain constant. MATSim is not a microsimulation model (and I hope it stays that way  ) - there are a number of alternative, and pretty good, tools that does the micro level modelling... I think there is even an interface to some of the PTV products. With MATSim the intention is (should be) to still model very large scenarios - something that is lost when you try and model too detailed dynamics.

My two cents.

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