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ActivitySim / activitysim

An Open Platform for Activity-Based Travel Modeling
https://activitysim.github.io
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add improvements for SANDAG cross border model #484

Closed bstabler closed 3 years ago

bstabler commented 3 years ago

See work being done in PR #481

wusun2 commented 3 years ago

SANDAG migrated its Crossborder model from CT-RAMP to ActivitySim recently. The goals are: 1) better software engineering to improve model maintenance and performance 2) test ActivitySim extensibility on a special market model 3) update the model to reflect a recent survey. The first two software engineering goals have been achieved. Not only ActivitySim has been extended to a special market model, but also the ActivitySim-based software is 50-60% faster than the CT-RAMP software. Additionally, the results from ActivitySim-based software have been validated against the results from CT-RAMP.

This PR only includes generic modules that potentially could benefit the core ActivitySim; it has no regional or Crossborder model specific features. Care was taken to ensure all changes submitted are fully backward compatible with existing ActivitySim implementations. Many special market models in the pipeline, such as the visitor model and the air passenger model, likely will not operate on a synthetic population as in the core ActivitySim, rather they are more likely start with enumerating and constructing trips. The crossborder model could provide useful insights for other special market models in the pipeline. SANDAG and RSG ask the consortium and the bench consultants to review this PR.

bstabler commented 3 years ago

We discussed on the 10/7 call that this task will remain open until the PR is accepted

bstabler commented 3 years ago

this has been merged so I'm closing the issue