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Table of Contents
The technical content on this website is organized into three primary divisions:
- Principles and Concepts
- Model Development
- Model Application and Management
For a more detailed list of all pages by categories see the Index.
# Principles and Concepts
This section deals with the behavioral and mathematical theory underlying travel forecast models.
# Concepts of Travel Behavior
# Travel Behavior Models
- Trip Generation
- Daily activity patterns
- Trip Distribution
- Destination Choice
- Mode Choice
- Time-of-day Choice
- Static Assignment Theory
- Dynamic Assignment Theory
- Land Use Models
# Statistics / Econometrics
- Growth rate functions
- Iterative proportional fitting
- Regression analysis
- Choice models
- Advanced choice models
- Coordinated choice models
- Spatial interaction models
- Machine learning / artificial intelligence
# Model Development
This section deals with best practices for developing and delivering travel forecasting models.
# Model building blocks
- Travel behavior data: Travel Behavior, Travel Behavior of Diverse Populations, Travel Surveys
- Networks and Network Data
- Zones and more generally Spatial Data
- Socioeconomic data
- Software for model development
- Commercial packages for travel modeling
- Open-source languages
- Behavioral model estimation software
- Version Control
# Model development techniques
# Mode-specific considerations
- Freight modeling
- Public transport (transit) modeling
- Active transport (non-motorized) modeling
- Shared mobility
- Autonomous vehicles
- Urban Air Mobility
# Model Application and Management
This section deals with using travel forecasting models within public agencies and/or for research. Topics include: