A new system dynamics framework for modeling behavior of vehicle sharing systems

  • Authors:
  • Dimitris Papanikolaou

  • Affiliations:
  • Media Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2011 Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

One-way vehicle sharing systems are convenient mobility systems consisting of parking stations and a fleet of shared vehicles. Users can pick up a vehicle from any station and drop it off to any other station. However, due to asymmetric demand patterns eventually all vehicles end up at the stations with no demand, decreasing throughput performance. This paper presents an ongoing research for a new computational framework in System Dynamics that describes distribution of resource allocation in a vehicle sharing system under non homogenous demand patterns by simulating the resource flow between areas of high density to areas of low density as demand pattern changes. The framework will be used as study tool to understand behavior and explore organizational solutions.