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Computerized analytical tool
Microsimulation is the use of computerized analytical tools to perform analysis of activities such as highway traffic flowing through an intersection, financial transactions, or pathogens spreading disease through a population on the granularity level of individuals. Synonyms include microanalytic simulation and microscopic simulation. Microsimulation, with its emphasis on stochastic or rule-based structures, should not be confused with the similar complementary technique of multi-agent simulation, which focuses more on the behaviour of individuals. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicrosimulationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Projecting the economic burden of chronic kidney disease at the patient level (Inside CKD): a microsimulation modelling studyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Smoothing procedures for simulated longitudinal microdataThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Cellular automata microsimulation for modeling bi-directional pedestrian walkwaysCited 576 times
- Go sideways: Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Czech RepublicA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tax-benefit modelA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A form of computerized analysis used to study detailed models.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Cellular automata microsimulation for modeling bi-directional pedestrian walkways
VOLATILITY CLUSTERING IN FINANCIAL MARKETS: A MICROSIMULATION OF INTERACTING AGENTS
Microsimulation of Urban Development and Location Choices: Design and Implementation of UrbanSim
EUROMOD: the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model
Microsimulation as a tool for evaluating redistribution policies
ILUTE: An Operational Prototype of a Comprehensive Microsimulation Model of Urban Systems
Emergent Fundamental Pedestrian Flows from Cellular Automata Microsimulation
Estimation of global insulin use for type 2 diabetes, 2018–30: a microsimulation analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
Projecting the economic burden of chronic kidney disease at the patient level (Inside CKD): a microsimulation modelling study
Projecting prevalence of frailty and dementia and the economic cost of care in Japan from 2016 to 2043: a microsimulation modelling study
Experiments and microsimulation of high-pressure single-cell PEM electrolyzer
Socioeconomic inequalities in accumulation of multimorbidity in England from 2019 to 2049: a microsimulation projection study
Estimated effects of reductions in processed meat consumption and unprocessed red meat consumption on occurrences of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and mortality in the USA: a microsimulation study
📚 Books worth reading
Smoothing procedures for simulated longitudinal microdataStatistics Canada. · 1990
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🔗 Related topics
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- Tax-benefit model A tax-benefit model is a form of microsimulation model. It is usually based on a representative or administrative data set and certain policy rules. These…
- Traffic simulation Traffic simulation or the simulation of transportation systems is the mathematical modeling of transportation systems (e.g., freeway junctions, arterial…
- Dynamic microsimulation pension model A dynamic microsimulation pension model is a type of a pension model projecting a pension system by means of a microsimulation and generating the complete…
- Pension model For pensions, a reliable Pension model is necessary for system simulations and projections, so it is important to have a sound database for pension system…
- Paramics Discovery Paramics is traffic microsimulation software, originally developed by Quadstone Ltd. There is a related pedestrian microsimulation product called the Urban…
- Policy Simulation Model The Policy Simulation Model (PSM) is a static microsimulation model which encapsulates the tax and benefits system, and population, of Great Britain. It…
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