POLARIS

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POLARIS#

POLARIS is a high performance, computationally efficient tool that implements advanced travel and freight demand modeling, dynamic traffic assignment, and transportation simulation into an integrated modeling platform. POLARIS features an integrated network-demand model, in which all the aspects of travel decisions can be modeled simultaneously, including:

  • Activity generation;

  • Activity planning (e.g., departure time, destination choice, mode-choice, etc.);

  • Multi-modal route choice;

  • Activity planning and rescheduling;

  • Freight and logistics planning; and

  • Fleet and transit service operational controls.

Important

Please cite POLARIS using the following reference (available here):

Auld, J., Hope, M., Ley, H., Sokolov, V., Xu, B., Zhang, K. (2016). POLARIS: Agent-based modeling 
framework development and implementation for integrated travel demand and network and operations 
simulations. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2015.07.017

You should also refer to the citations page for a full listing of other important papers.

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