This repository was originally a clone from the original MATSim Minibus Contrib, which was developed by Neumann, A (2014).
It is extended for the specific use-case of reproducing and optimizing the formal public transport network of the city of Zurich. The results have been published in Manser, P., Becker, H., Hörl, S., & Axhausen, K. W. (2020). Designing a large-scale public transport network using agent-based microsimulation. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 137, 1-15.
The paper and Manser, P. (2017) provide an overview of the algorithm and the extensions made in this repository compared to the original code.
The code is very specifically tailored to the Zurich-application.
It uses a MATSim-10 snapshot as of November 2017. Further modules are necessary to run the code:
- Discrete mode choice model (see Hörl, S., M. Balac and K.W. Axhausen (2019) for more information)
- The IVT Baseline Scenario
- The router and the deterministic public transport simulation developed by SBB
Persons who are interested in applying the software using another scenario are very welcome to ask the author of this repository.