Introduction

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METROPOLIS2

METROPOLIS2 is an agent-based transport simulator.

Its main features are:

• Mode choice (with an arbitrary number of modes, road vehicles are explicitly modeled)
• Continuous-time departure-time choice
• Deterministic route choice (for road vehicles)
• Agent based (each agent is an autonomous entity with its own characteristics and choices)
• Modeling of road congestion (using speed-density functions and bottlenecks)
• Intermediary stops (with schedule preferences and stopping time at each intermediary point)

What is this book?

This is the official documentation of METROPOLIS2, intended for anyone wanting to learn how to use the simulator and how it works. It is designed to accumulate everything there is to know on METROPOLIS2, including

• How to use it?
• What are its theoretical foundations?
• How it works?
• What are the tools associated with METROPOLIS2?