faq 108227962

is there a difference between providing all activity timing information instead of just start_time and duration

by Gerald Richter on 2017-03-05 12:18:03

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when generating some plans from synthesized populations

should it cause a difference in MATSim's behavior when providing all information that can be calculated
e.g.: duration, start_time, end_time
compared to just providing 2 of those ? 

do the 2 cases result in different constraints?

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Comments: 1

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Re: is there a difference between providing all activity timing information instead of just start_time and duration

by Kai Nagel on 2017-03-13 17:15:36

Dear Gerald,

end_time is, I think, not used in core matsim.  From the perspective of core matsim, it is "junk DNA".

The other two depend on the setting of activityDurationInterpretation in the plans config group.  The internal settings are

public static enum ActivityDurationInterpretation { minOfDurationAndEndTime, tryEndTimeThenDuration, @Deprecated endTimeOnly }

Maybe they are sufficiently self-explanatory?

Best wishes, Kai