Agentbased model for traffic jams in Moscow

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Central Economics and Mathematics Institute
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Agent-based model for traffic jams in Moscow
(authors V.L.Makarov, V.A.Zhitkov,
A.R.Bakhtizin)
Conceptual view on the model
Possibility of choosing the means of public
transportation
Choice
The share of expenditures on personal cars in the
total volume of expenditures
Personal car
Public
transportation
Doors are free
The city stands in a traffic jam
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Agent-based model for traffic jams in Moscow
(authors V.L.Makarov, V.A.Zhitkov,
A.R.Bakhtizin)
Implementation of the model in AnyLogic 6.0
- car
- public transportation
Major
traffic jams
Changing the regulating
parameters of the model
Five-point traffic jams

• Regulating parameters of the model
• 1. Increase of taxes for automobiles (depending
  on monthly mileage)
• 2. Moving enterprises and organizations (and
  consequently, working places) outside of city

No traffic jams
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Agent-based model for traffic jams in Moscow
(authors V.L.Makarov, V.A.Zhitkov,
A.R.Bakhtizin)
Technology for accounting automobile mileage
According to cellular communications principle
X km
The sum of taxes for using automobile (depending
on monthly mileage), T - tariff rate per 1
kilometer
X
T
The share of tax payments in the total volume of
persons expenditure is one of the regulated
parameters in the agent-based model