Publications

MATSim consists of many different modules which cover many different research areas. A list of the most important papers for key aspects of MATSim is given below. You can find a complete list of publications concerning MATSim either at VSP TU-Berlin or at IVT ETH Zurich.

2010

Meister, K., M. Balmer, F. Ciari, A. Horni, M. Rieser, R.A. Waraich and K.W. Axhausen (2010) Large-scale agent-based travel demand optimization applied to Switzerland, including mode choice, paper presented at the 12th World Conference on Transportation Research, Lisbon, July 2010.

2009

Balmer, M., M. Rieser, K. Meister, D. Charypar, N. Lefebvre, K. Nagel, K.W. Axhausen (2009) MATSim-T: Architecture and Simulation Times, in A. L. C. Bazzan and F. Klügl (eds.) Multi-Agent Systems for Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 57–78, Information Science Reference, Hershey.

Horni, A., D. M. Scott, M. Balmer and K. W. Axhausen (2009) Location Choice Modeling for Shopping and Leisure Activities With MATSim: Combining Micro-simulation and Time Geography, Transportation Research Record, 2135, 87-95.

Meister, K., Rieser, M., Ciari, F., Horni, A., Balmer, M. and Axhausen, K. W. (2009) Anwendung eines agentenbasierten Modells der Verkehrsnachfrage auf die Schweiz, Straßenverkehrstechnik 53(5), 269-280, doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005879775.

Nagel, K. and G. Flötteröd (2009) Agent-based traffic assignment: going from trips to behavioral travelers, Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), Jaipur, December 2009.

Waraich, R. A., D. Charypar, M. Balmer and K.W. Axhausen (2009) Performance improvements for large scale traffic simulation in MATSim, Paper presented at the 9th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2009.

Waraich, R.A., M.D. Galus, C. Dobler, M. Balmer, G. Andersson and K.W. Axhausen (2009) (2009) Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid: Investigations Based on a Micro-Simulation, Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), Jaipur, December 2009..

2008

Balmer, M., K. Meister, M. Rieser, K. Nagel and K.W. Axhausen (2008) Agent-based simulation of travel demand: Structure and computational performance of MATSim-T, paper presented at the 2nd TRB Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling, Portland, June 2008.

Meister, K. and M. Rieser and F. Ciari and A. Horni and M. Balmer and K.W. Axhausen (2008) Anwendung eines agentenbasierten Modells der Verkehrsnachfrage auf die Schweiz, paper presented at Heureka '08, Stuttgart, Germany, March 2008.

Rieser, M. U. Beuck, D. Grether, K. Nagel and K.W. Axhausen (2008) Multi-agent transport simulations and economic evaluation, Jahrbuch für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (forthcoming).

2007

Axhausen, K.W. and Balmer, M. and Charypar, D. and Horni, A. (2007) Science City 2007 presentations, Treffpunkt Science City, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Balmer, M. (2007) Travel demand modeling for multi-agent traffic simulations: Algorithms and systems, Dissertation, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Charypar, D., K. Nagel and K.W. Axhausen (2007) An event-driven queue-based microsimulation of traffic flow, Transportation Research Record, 2003, 35–40.

Ciari, F., M. Balmer and K.W. Axhausen (2007) Mobility tool ownership and mode choice decision processes in multi-agent transportation simulation, Paper presented at the 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland, September 2007.

Grether, D. and Lämmel, G. and Rieser, M. and Strippgen, D. (2007) MATSim training 2007, Some presentations held during the visit of two colleagues from University of Pretoria, South Africa.VSP - TU Berlin, Dec. 2007.

Illenberger, J., G. Flötteröd and K. Nagel (2007) Enhancing MATSim with capabilities of within-day re-planning, paper presented at the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Seattle, WA.

Lefebvre, N. and M. Balmer (2007) Fast shortest path computation in time-dependent traffic networks, paper presented at the 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland, September 2007.

MATSim development team (ed.) (2007) MATSim: Aims, approach and implementation, IVT, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

MATSim development team (ed.) (2007) Transport Systems' Planning and Transport Telematics at a Quick Glance, VSP, TU Berlin, Germany.

Rieser, M. and K. Nagel (2007) Network breakdown "at the edge of chaos" in multi-agent traffic simulations, The European Physical Journal B, doi 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00153-6.

Rieser, M. K. Nagel, U. Beuck, M. Balmer and J. Rümenapp (2007) Truly agent-oriented coupling of an activity-based demand generation with a multi-agent traffic simulation, Transportation Research Record, 2021, 10–17.

Rommel, C. (2007) Automatic feedback control applied to microscopically simulated traffic - the potential of route guidance in Berlin, VSP Working Paper, 07-16, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Titze, T. (2007) Entwicklung eines ÖV-Routingmoduls für Multiagentensimulationen, term project, Verkehrssystemplanung und Verkehrstelematik (VSP), TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

2006

Balmer, M., K. Nagel and B. Raney (2006) Agent-based demand modeling framework for large scale micro-simulations, Transportation Research Record, 1985, 125–134.

Charypar, D. and K. Nagel (2006) Q-learning for flexible learning of daily activity plans, Transportation Research Record, 1935, 163–169.

Charypar, D., K.W. Axhausen and K. Nagel (2006) Implementing activity-based models: Accelerating the replanning process of agents using an evolution strategy, paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Kyoto, Japan, August 2006.

Hackney, J.K. and K.W. Axhausen (2006) An agent model of social network and travel behavior interdependence, paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Kyoto, Japan, August 2006.

Meister, K. and Balmer, M. and Axhausen, K.W. and Nagel, K. (2006) planomat: A comprehensive scheduler for large-scale multi-agent transportation simulation, 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.

Nagel, K. and F. Marchal (2006) Computational methods for multi-agent simulations of travel-behavior, in K.W. Axhausen (ed.) Moving through nets: The physical and social domensions of travel, 131–188, Elsevier, Oxford.

Raney, B. and K. Nagel (2006) An improved framework for large-scale multi-agent simulations of travel behavior, in P. Rietveld, B. Jourquin and K. Westin (eds.) Towards better performing European Transportation Systems, 305–347, Routledge, London.

2005

Balmer, M. and Axhausen, K.W. and Nagel, K. (2005) An Agent Based Demand Modeling Framework for Large Scale Micro-Simulations, Working paper, 329, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Balmer, M., B. Raney and K. Nagel (2005) Adjustment of activity timing and duration in an agent-based traffic flow simulation, in H.J.P. Timmermans (eds.): Progress in Activity-based Analysis, 91-114, Elsevier, Oxford.

Çetin, N. (2005) Large-scale parallel graph-based simulations, Dissertation, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Charypar, D. and Nagel, K. (2005) Generating complete all-day activity plans with genetic algorithms, Transportation, 32 (4) 369-397.

Marchal, F. and K. Nagel (2005) Computation of location choice of secondary activities in transportation models with cooperative agents, in F. Klügl, A. Bazzan and S. Ossowski (eds.) Applications of Agent Technology in Traffic and Trasportation, 153–164, Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland.

Marchal, F. and K. Nagel (2005) Modeling location choice of secondary activities with a social network of cooperative agents, Transportation Research Record, 1935, 141–146.

Meister, K. and Balmer, M. and Axhausen, K.W. (2005) An improved replanning module for agent-based micro simulations of travel behavior, Working paper, 303, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Meister, K., M. Frick and K.W. Axhausen (2005) A GA-based household scheduler, Transportation, 32 (5) 473–494.

Raney, B. (2005) Learning Framework for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Simulations, Dissertation, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

2004

Frick, M. and Axhausen, K.W. (2004) Generating Synthetic Populations using IPF and Monte Carlo Techniques, 4th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.

Meister, K. (2004) Erzeugung kompletter Aktivitätenpläne für Haushalte mit genetischen Algorithmen, Diploma theses, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Nagel, K. (2004) Routing in iteration transportation simulations, in M. Schreckenberg and R. Selten (eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop on Human Behaviour and Traffic Networks, 305–318. Springer, Berlin, Germany.

Raney, B. and K. Nagel (2004) Iterative route planning for large-scale modular transportation simulations, Future Generation Computer Systems, 20 (7) 1101–1118.

2003

Çetin, N. and K. Nagel (2003) Parallel queue model approach to traffic micro-simulations, paper presented at the 82th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2003.

Raney, B. and K. Nagel (2003) Truly agent-based strategy selection for transportation simulations, paper presented at the 82th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Raney, B., M. Balmer, K.W. Axhausen and K. Nagel (2003) Agent-based activities planning for an iterative traffic simulation of Switzerland, paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, Lucerne, Switzerland, July 2003.

Raney, B., N. Çetin, A. Völlmy, M. Vrtic, K.W. Axhausen and K. Nagel (2003) An agent-based microsimulation model of Swiss travel: First results, Networks and Spatial Economics, 3 (1) 23–42.