Project Meeting 2020.10.08 - ActivitySim/activitysim GitHub Wiki

5b/6a Task 1 Project Management (milestone)

Technical calls going well for everyone
We discussed getting started on the 6a scope
- Task 1: Project Management
  - Started
- Task 2: Complete Estimation Mode
  - Getting Jeff Newman under contract and will invite him to the technical calls
  - Ok for @Newman to start on cdap estimation data bundle (EDB) larch integration
  - Once done with TVPB, Doyle to start on trip model estimation mode
  - The other task item, larch examples for other submodels, needs more discussion before getting started
    - Before we create 25 larch estimation notebooks, let's discuss if there's a better way to do this
    - Maybe a larch example for each of the four types of models as opposed to one for each submodel?
    - Maybe more automation and less notebook (since notebooks are good for education but not so good for automation)?
    - We'll discuss at an upcoming technical call
  - SEMCOG team created an EDB to Alogit writer
  - Add @Joel to the discussion as well
- Task 3: Telecommute Model in Cooperation with SEMCOG
  - SEMCOG interested in essential/non-essential workers segmentation
  - Will use 2015 survey and potentially upcoming panel survey
  - Design needs to consider three things:
    - Empirical data / today's observed patterns from the survey, etc.
    - What-if, asserted, scenario analysis for COVID and other scenarios where we might have a calibration/target for telecommuting in mind
    - A design that works well for SEMCOG and its data and is also useful/configurable for other potential agency users
  - @Joel draft plan and then share memo at an upcoming technical call
- Task 4: Transit Pass Ownership Model in Cooperation with SEMCOG
  - Not started
- Task 5: Performance Enhancements
  - Let's consider making some performance enhancements if needed to help the TVPB and other related needs
  - Scaled integer skim storage could help TVPB. I talked with Doyle about this and we think it's a promising improvement
  - Let's add to the next technical call
- Task 6: Prototype multiple models test system
  - Not started
- Task 7: Input checking and error handling and pipeline improvements
  - Not started
- Task 8: Maintenance and support
  - Started, and targeted to agency support, such as helping Clint with ARC, etc.
  - Not so much for random grad student questions
  - In general, we need to discuss how best to support folks beyond the PMC
  - Have them create an issue
  - How about a tiered system?
    - PMC tier 1
    - Tier 2 support (which requires some amount of payment)
    - Let's discuss at the next technical meeting

5b Task 2 Strategic Planning (milestone)

Any comments on the updated version of the plan?
I still need to add the optional test system paragraph and development roadmap

5b Task 10 Support for Three Zone Systems and TVPB (milestone)

Jeff adding filtering of unavailable path segments so the systems doesn't waste time evaluating complete utilities for paths that are not possible
- no maz to tap pairs > max distance
- no tap to tap pairs with IVT == 0
- no further away taps if they don't serve new lines
Moving specification of constants out of TVPB and into yaml to save creation of lots of columns (i.e. memory)
Jeff has Marin example just about running