A Model of Students' Daily Activity Patterns

Bibliographic Data

ID4887085
AuthorsJanet Tomlinson (University of Cambridge), J R Tomlinson (University of Cambridge), Nicholas Bullock (University of Cambridge), P Dicken, Peter Dickens (University of Cambridge), Philip Steadman (0000-0001-8204-5584, University of Cambridge), Emily Taylor (0000-0001-5170-3249, University of Cambridge)
Year1973
Volume5
Issue2
Pages231-266
Publication date1973-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a050231
OpenAlexW1967972293
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited2

A model is described whose purpose is to predict the distribution of students in different activities and locations during the course of a typical day, depending on the effective restrictions imposed by the spatial distribution of buildings and sites, and by administrative and social constraints on the timing of activities. The model is of an entropy-maximising type; the data against which it is tested are drawn from time budget surveys made in two universities, using diary methods. A series of exploratory experiments made with the model are reported; these are designed to test the effects of alternative planning and administrative policies on activity patterns and the use of facilities

Operations research · Computer Science · Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics · Mathematics · Online and Blended Learning · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Ecology