OBJECTIVES To combine microsimulation and location-allocation techniques to determine antenatal class locations which minimise the distance travelled from home by potential users. DESIGN Microsimulation modeling and location-allocation modeling. SETTING City of Leeds, UK. PARTICIPANTS Potential users of antenatal classes. METHODS An individual-level microsimulation model was built to es...

As the first in a trio of pieces devoted to incorporating immigration into policy models, this review of research on immigrant earnings trajectories brings to light several findings. Controlling for demographic and human capital characteristics, immigrants often start their U.S. lives at substantially lower earnings, but experience faster earnings growth than natives with comparable years of ed...

This paper assesses the impact on household labor supply of a Dual Income Tax reform in Germany. It relies on GMOD, a population-based tax-benefit microsimulation model, and uses flexible mixed logit simulation estimators.

Abstract Based on microsimulation, this study analyses the performance and behavior of motorized vehicles at signalized intersection between railway line Ahmad Yani road-Jemursari road. For survey volume vehicles, is divided into four intersections with eight directions traffic movement one direction combined movement. Microsimulation was carried out using Vissim software nine parameters calibr...

We consider the Nelder and Mead Simplex Method for the optimization of stochastic simulation models. Existing and new adaptive extensions of the Nelder and Mead simplex method designed to improve the accuracy and consistency of the observed best point are studied. We compare the performance of the extensions on a small microsimulation model, as well as on ve test functions. We found that gradua...

This paper describes progress in developing a property value module for a dynamic spatial microsimulation model called SVERIGE (System for Visualising Economic and Regional Influences Governing the Environment). It suggests using a hedonic price framework for estimating the value of residential property at different locations. The paper discusses the rationale for developing a property value mo...

Alignment is a widely adopted technique in the field of microsimulation for social and economic policy research. However, limited research has been devoted to understanding the statistical properties of the various alignment algorithms currently in use. This paper discusses and evaluates six common alignment algorithms used in the dynamic microsimulation through a set of theoretical and statist...

Alignment is a widely adopted technique in the field of microsimulation for social and economic policy research. However, limited research has been devoted to the understanding of their simulation properties. This paper discusses and evaluates six common alignment algorithms used in the dynamic microsimulation through a set of theoretical and statistical criteria proposed in the earlier literat...