One of the challenges in using a complex multiagent simulation like MATSim is that new mobility technologies and algorithms need to be custom developed as extensions in the MATSim environment. We propose using co-simulation of MATSim with other simulators and illustrate how that can allow us to, for example, evaluate two competing on-demand mobility providers in the same service region in Manhattan and their impacts on travelers’ mode and route choices under dynamic congestion. Should be of interest to MATSim users (particularly researchers that have already developed codes for the supply side simulations of their system) and agencies interested in ensembles of co-simulations for evaluating complex multi-jurisdictional policies and technologies. Contributors: Hai Yang, Haggai Davis, III, Ethan Wong, and thanks to Farnoosh Namdarpour for sharing the on-demand simulation. Funded by C2SMARTER Center, and Ethan was funded by NYU Undergraduate Summer Research Program.

Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1569190X24000716