This paper presents a novel hybrid framework for generating and updating a synthetic population. We call it hybrid because it combines model-based and data-driven approaches. Existing generators produce a snapshot of synthetic data that becomes outdated over time, requiring complete regeneration using the newest datasets for updates. By leveraging regularly collected data, we propose a method that provides up-to-date synthetic populations at any given moment with-out using complete re-generation. Our approach generates a baseline synthetic population once, using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation, and projects it over time. In scenarios where disaggregated real data are unavailable, we project the synthetic sample by simulating life-changing events. When new disaggregated real data become available, we calibrate the projected sample using resampling to account for data collection biases and projection errors. We implement and test our approach on 2010, 2015, and 2021 Swiss mobility and transport micro-census data. To generate the baseline sample we use data from 2010 and project it to 2021. We compare the projections of our hybrid approach to existing methods, namely dynamic projection and resampling. The results demonstrate that the synthetic sample generated by the hybrid approach improves the fit to the real data compared to the dynamic projection, and improves heterogeneity compared to the resampling.


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    Titel :

    Hybrid Simulator for Capturing Dynamics of Synthetic Populations


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    24.09.2023


    Format / Umfang :

    168160 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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