North American Modelling Futures

Rick Donnelly

Modelling Tomorrow’s World | 23 November 2016

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Context first

Forecasting versus replication

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New forecasting approach

Next?

• Invest in wetware

• Transparent big data

• Drop reductionist mindset

• Model less, forecast more

• Multi-scale and hybrid solutions

• Embrace uncertainty

Worth reading

• C04 Traveler response to pricing and congestion

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/shrp2/SHRP2prepubC04.pdf

• Activity-based modelling primer

http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/170963.aspx

• Zürich meets New York

http://bit.ly/2f1zvKQ

• Josie Kressner’s ITM16 presentation

https://transportfoundry.com/blog/

Rick Donnelly (donnellyr@pbworld.com)