Modeling location decisions of retailers with an agent-based approach
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2012
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The paper reports about a project, where an agent-based module of location decisions of retailers has been implemented into the agent-based traffic simulator MATSim-T. The retailer module focuses on the retailers’ location choice. Retailers are modeled as agents in the simulation and are allowed to relocate their stores, according to a given strategy, in order to maximize the number of their customers. The paper discusses first the conceptual background of the model and then the actual implementation. A test case, a large scale scenario representing the urban agglomeration of Zurich, Switzerland, is presented. The discussion of the results focuses on possible practical applications of the tool and on further developments.
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743
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Institut für Verkehrsplanung und Transportsysteme (IVT), ETH Zürich
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02226 - NSL - Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft / NSL - Network City and Landscape
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
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Paper presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2012..
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Is part of: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000045595