The primary objective of this paper is to “make the case” for adoption of microsimulation frameworks for development of integrated urban models. Similar to the case of activity-based travel models, microsimulation in integrated urban models enables such models to deal better with: heterogeneity and non-linearity in behavior; identification of the detailed spatial and socioeconomic distribution of impacts, benefits and costs; tracing complex interactions across agents and over time; providing support for modelling memory, learning and adaptation among agents; computational efficiency; and emergent behavior. The paper discusses strengths, weaknesses and challenges in microsimulating urban regions, including the extent to which microsimulation models are still subject to Lee’s famous “seven sins of large-scale modelling,” as well as the extent to which they may help alleviate or reduce these sins in operational models. The paper concludes with a very brief discussion of future prospects for such models.

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集成城市模型的微观仿真框架案例

本文的主要目的是为微观模拟框架的采用提供依据，以开发综合城市模型。与基于活动的出行模型类似，集成城市模型中的微观仿真使此类模型可以更好地处理：行为的异质性和非线性；确定影响，收益和成本的详细空间和社会经济分布；跟踪代理之间的复杂交互，并随着时间推移进行跟踪；为建模记忆，学习者之间的学习和适应提供支持；计算效率；和紧急行为。本文讨论了微观模拟城市地区的优势，劣势和挑战，包括微观模拟模型在多大程度上仍受到李的著名“大规模建模的七个罪过”的影响，以及它们在多大程度上有助于减轻或减少运营模型中的这些弊端。本文最后简要讨论了此类模型的未来前景。