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The Theory of Transit Assignment: Basic Modelling Frameworks

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In this chapter, the different basic assumptions for the development of assignment models to transit networks (frequency-based, schedule-based) are presented together with the possible approaches to the simulation of the dynamic system (steady state, macroscopic flows, agent-based).

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  1. DICEA - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana, 18, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Guido Gentile

  2. CIRRELT, University of Montreal, Pavillon André-Aisenstadt, CIRRELT CP 6128, Succursale Centre-ville Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada

    Michael Florian

  3. Department of Transport and Planning, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Oded Cats

  4. College of Business & Economics, United Arab Emirates University, P.O.Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Younes Hamdouch

  5. Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Agostino Nuzzolo

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Gentile, G., Florian, M., Hamdouch, Y., Cats, O., Nuzzolo, A. (2016). The Theory of Transit Assignment: Basic Modelling Frameworks. In: Gentile, G., Noekel, K. (eds) Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25082-3_6

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