Getting Started Tutorial

[danielsclint]

It may be best to amend the documentation that @fscottfoti started writing last year.

[bstabler]

• We will start with Fletcher's website material (in the docs folder) and use the same github pages solution
• Will focus on a model user and will use the included example
• Will not require the user to modify stuff in activitysim
• A second "developer" tutorial will be a deeper dive into modifications for new modules, etc.

[danielsclint]

In 3/25/2016 meeting notes, @bstabler indicated he would begin writing the example section for ActivitySim. This is the ticket for that action item.

[bstabler]

The current documentation tree is:

index

• getting started
• core
• skim
• cdap
• mnl
• util

I'm working on extending it as follows:

index

• getting started
  • installation
  • configuration / inputs
  • running the model
  • outputs
  • expressions
• data schema
  • households
  • persons
  • skims
  • etc.
• core
  • activitysim
  • skim(s)
  • mnl
  • utilities
• models
  • cdap
  • auto ownership
  • etc.
• development
  • testing
  • documentation

[bstabler]

In order to make the example as comprehensive as possible, I merged in the trip mode choice running on the tours table for eatout purpose only branch, and then added it to simulation.py. I also turned on the cdap model and reduced the household sample size to 1000 in order to run cdap with less than 16GB of RAM (#74).

[bstabler]

The draft documentation updates are now live for review - https://udst.github.io/activitysim.

[bstabler]

I made some significant updates to the wiki as well - https://github.com/UDST/activitysim/wiki

[danielsclint]

I like the level of effort to go through these items thoroughly. SANDAG will be putting someone on the the Getting Started tutorial the week of April 25.

[danielsclint]

On the Progress Report Phase 2 page in the wiki, @bstabler downgraded the progress in a lot of areas. @wusun2, please review to ensure you agree. Thanks.