POLARIS

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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.

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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.

POLARIS is developed and maintained by Argonne National Laboratory and is always our interest to collaborate with universities, industry and others to push the boundaries of what is possible with transportation simulation. We are always looking for new collaboration opportunities that are aligned with the goals of the Laboratory, so if your organization has an application in mind we’d love to hear from you at email.

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