A Bayesian Optimization approach for calibrating large-scale activity-based transport models

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Main Authors: Agriesti, Serio, Kuzmanovski, Vladimir, Hollmén, Jaakko, Roncoli, Claudio, Nahmias-Biran, Bat-hen
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author Agriesti, Serio
Kuzmanovski, Vladimir
Hollmén, Jaakko
Roncoli, Claudio
Nahmias-Biran, Bat-hen
author_facet Agriesti, Serio
Kuzmanovski, Vladimir
Hollmén, Jaakko
Roncoli, Claudio
Nahmias-Biran, Bat-hen
contents The use of Agent-Based and Activity-Based modeling in transportation is rising due to the capability of addressing complex applications such as disruptive trends (e.g., remote working and automation) or the design and assessment of disaggregated management strategies. Still, the broad adoption of large-scale disaggregate models is not materializing due to the inherently high complexity and computational needs. Activity-based models focused on behavioral theory, for example, may involve hundreds of parameters that need to be calibrated to match the detailed socio-economical characteristics of the population for any case study. This paper tackles this issue by proposing a novel Bayesian Optimization approach incorporating a surrogate model in the form of an improved Random Forest, designed to automate the calibration process of the behavioral parameters. The proposed method is tested on a case study for the city of Tallinn, Estonia, where the model to be calibrated consists of 477 behavioral parameters, using the SimMobility MT software. Satisfactory performance is achieved in the major indicators defined for the calibration process: the error for the overall number of trips is equal to 4% and the average error in the OD matrix is 15.92 vehicles per day.
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spellingShingle A Bayesian Optimization approach for calibrating large-scale activity-based transport models
Agriesti, Serio
Kuzmanovski, Vladimir
Hollmén, Jaakko
Roncoli, Claudio
Nahmias-Biran, Bat-hen
Machine Learning
The use of Agent-Based and Activity-Based modeling in transportation is rising due to the capability of addressing complex applications such as disruptive trends (e.g., remote working and automation) or the design and assessment of disaggregated management strategies. Still, the broad adoption of large-scale disaggregate models is not materializing due to the inherently high complexity and computational needs. Activity-based models focused on behavioral theory, for example, may involve hundreds of parameters that need to be calibrated to match the detailed socio-economical characteristics of the population for any case study. This paper tackles this issue by proposing a novel Bayesian Optimization approach incorporating a surrogate model in the form of an improved Random Forest, designed to automate the calibration process of the behavioral parameters. The proposed method is tested on a case study for the city of Tallinn, Estonia, where the model to be calibrated consists of 477 behavioral parameters, using the SimMobility MT software. Satisfactory performance is achieved in the major indicators defined for the calibration process: the error for the overall number of trips is equal to 4% and the average error in the OD matrix is 15.92 vehicles per day.
title A Bayesian Optimization approach for calibrating large-scale activity-based transport models
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03480