Bilal Farooq

Journal publications [10]

2016

Nikolic M., Bierlaire M., Farooq B., de Lapparent M. (2016). Probabilistic speed-density relationship for pedestrian traffic. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 89 :58-81


@Article{NikBieFarLap_ProbabilisticSpeedDensity,
  author = {Marija Nikolic and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq and Matthieu {de Lapparent}},
  title = {Probabilistic speed-density relationship for pedestrian traffic},
  journal = {Transportation Research Part B: Methodological},
  year = {2016},
  volume = {89},
  pages = {58-81},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.trb.2016.04.002},
  note = {Accepted on Apr 02, 2016}}}

2014

Hänseler F., Bierlaire M., Farooq B., Mühlematter T. (2014). A macroscopic loading model for time-varying pedestrian flows in public walking areas. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 69 :60 -- 80

A macroscopic loading model applicable to time-dependent and congested pedestrian flows in public walking areas is proposed. Building on the continuum theory of pedestrian flows and the cell transmission model for car traffic, an isotropic framework is developed that can describe the simultaneous and potentially conflicting propagation of multiple pedestrian groups. The model is formulated at the aggregate level and thus computationally cheap, which is advantageous for studying large-scale problems. A detailed analysis of several basic flow patterns including counter- and cross flows, as well as two generic scenarios involving a corner- and a bottleneck flow is carried out. Various behavioral patterns ranging from disciplined queueing to impatient jostling can be realistically reproduced. Following a systematic model calibration, two case studies involving a Swiss railway station and a Dutch bottleneck flow experiment are presented. A comparison with the social force model and pedestrian tracking data shows a good performance of the proposed model with respect to predictions of travel time and density.
```
@Article{Haens_Bier_Far_Muhl_2014,
  author = {Flurin H\"anseler and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq and Thomas M\"uhlematter},
  title = {A macroscopic loading model for time-varying pedestrian flows in public walking areas},
  journal = {Transportation Research Part B: Methodological},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {69},
  pages = {60 -- 80},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.trb.2014.08.003},
  note = {Accepted on Aug 08, 2014}}}
```
Danalet A., Farooq B., Bierlaire M. (2014). A Bayesian Approach to Detect Pedestrian Destination-Sequences from WiFi Signatures. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 44 :146 - 170

In this paper, we propose a methodology to use the communication network infrastructure, in particular WiFi traces, to detect the sequence of activity episodes visited by pedestrians. Due to the poor quality of WiFi localization, a probabilistic method is proposed that infers activity-episode locations based on WiFi traces and calculates the likelihood of observing these traces in the pedestrian network, taking into account prior knowledge. The output of the method consists of candidates of activity-episodes sequences associated with the likelihood to be the true one. The methodology is validated on traces generated by a known sequence of activities, while the performance being evaluated on a set of anonymous users. Results show that it is possible to predict the number of episodes and the activity-episodes locations and durations, by merging information about the activity locations on the map, WiFi measurements and prior information about schedules and the attractivity in pedestrian infrastructure. The ambiguity of each activity episode in the sequence is explicitly measured.
```
@Article{DanaletFarooqBierlaire_2014,
  author = {Antonin Danalet and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {A Bayesian Approach to Detect Pedestrian Destination-Sequences from WiFi Signatures},
  journal = {Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {146 - 170},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.trc.2014.03.015},
  note = {Accepted on Mar 26, 2014}}}
```

Anderson P., Farooq B., Efthymiou D., Bierlaire M. (2014). Association Generation in Synthetic Population for Transportation Applications: Graph-Theoretic Solution . Transportation Research Record 2429 :38-50


@Article{AndeFaroEfthBier15,
  author = {Paul Anderson and Bilal Farooq and Dimitrios Efthymiou and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Association Generation in Synthetic Population for Transportation Applications: Graph-Theoretic Solution },
  journal = {Transportation Research Record},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {2429},
  pages = {38-50},
  DOI = {10.3141/2429-05},
  note = {Accepted on Feb 14, 2014}}}

Efthymiou D., Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Antoniou C. (2014). Multidimensional Indicator Analysis for Transport Policy Evaluation. Transportation Research Record 2430


@Article{EfthFarrBierAnto15,
  author = {Dimitrios Efthymiou and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Constantinos Antoniou},
  title = {Multidimensional Indicator Analysis for Transport Policy Evaluation},
  journal = {Transportation Research Record},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {2430},
  DOI = {10.3141/2430-09},
  note = {Accepted on Feb 14, 2014}}}

2013

Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Hurtubia R., Flötteröd G. (2013). Simulation based population synthesis. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 58 :243-263


@Article{FaroBierHurtFloe13,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Ricardo Hurtubia and Gunnar Fl\"otter\"od},
  title = {Simulation based population synthesis},
  journal = {Transportation Research Part B: Methodological},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {58},
  pages = {243-263},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.trb.2013.09.012},
  note = {Accepted on Sep 21, 2013}}}

Farooq B., Miller E., Haider M. (2013). A Multidimensional Decisions Modelling Framework for Built Space Supply. Journal of Transport and Land Use 6 (3)

The spatial and temporal distribution of built space supply plays an important role in shaping urban form and thus the general travel pattern in an urban area. Within an integrated framework, we are interested in modeling the decisions of a builder in terms of when, where, what type, and how much built-space to build. We present a multidimensional discrete-continuous model formulation for the built space supply decisions that are based on expected profit maximization. The framework is applied to estimate a model for supply of new office space in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for the duration of 1986 to 2006. To our knowledge, this work is the first that models the where, when, how much, and what type of office space to supply in a single econometric framework at a fairly disaggregate spatial zoning system. The results indicate a risk taker behaviour on the builders’ part, while market conditions and supply of resources (labour, construction cost etc.) are also found to be important factors in decision making.
```
@Article{BF_SupplyDec_JTLU2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller and Murtaza Haider},
  title = {A Multidimensional Decisions Modelling Framework for Built Space Supply},
  journal = {Journal of Transport and Land Use},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {6},
  number = {3},
  DOI = {10.5198/jtlu.v6i3.350},
  note = {Accepted on May 03, 2012}}}
```
Farooq B., Miller E., Chingcuanco F., Giroux-Cook M. (2013). Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets. Journal of Transport and Land Use 6 (1)

In the context of integrated transportation and other urban engineering infrastructure systems, there are many examples of markets, where consumers exhibit price-taking behaviour. While this behaviour is ubiquitous, the underlying mechanism can be captured in a single framework. Here, we present a microsimulation framework of a price-taker market that recognizes this generality and develop efficient algorithms for the associated market clearing problem. By abstracting the problem as a specific graph theoretic problem (i.e. maximum weighted bipartite graph), first we are able to exploit algorithms that are developed in graph theory. We then explore their appropriateness in terms of large-scale integrated urban microsimulations. Based on which, we further develop a generic and efficient clearing algorithm that takes advantage of the features specific to urban price-taker markets. This clearing solution is then used to operationalize two price-taker markets, from two different contexts, within a microsimulation of urban systems. The initial validation of results against the observed data generally shows a close match.
```
@Article{BF_Market_JTLU2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller and Franco Chingcuanco and Martin Giroux-Cook},
  title = {Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets},
  journal = {Journal of Transport and Land Use},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {6},
  number = {1},
  DOI = {10.5198/jtlu.v6i1.325},
  note = {Accepted on Feb 01, 2012}}}
```

2012

Farooq B., Miller E. (2012). Towards Integrated Land Use and Transportation: A Dynamic Disequilibrium based Microsimulation Framework for Built Space Markets. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (7):1030-1053

Investigating the factors and processes that influence the spatiotemporal distribution of built space and population in an urban area, plays an extremely important role in our greater understanding of the urban travel behaviour. Existing location of activity centres, especially home and work, strongly influences the short-term individual-level decisions such as mode of transportation, and long-term household-level decisions such as change in job and residential location. Conditions in the built space market also affect households’ and firms’ location and relocation decisions, and hence influence the general travel patterns in an urban area. In this context, this paper addresses a very important, but at the same time, not very widely investigated dimension that plays a key role in the evolution of built space and population distribution: Market. A disequilibrium based microsimulation modelling framework is developed for the built space markets. This framework is then used to operationalize the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’s owner-occupied housing market within Integrated Land Use Transportation and Environment (ILUTE) modelling system. Simulation results captured heterogeneity in the transaction prices, due to type of dwellings and different market conditions, in a very disaggregate fashion. The proposed methodology is validated by running the simulation from 1986 to 2006 and comparing the results with the historic data.
```
@Article{BF_TRA_2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller},
  title = {Towards Integrated Land Use and Transportation: A Dynamic Disequilibrium based Microsimulation Framework for Built Space Markets},
  journal = {Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {46},
  number = {7},
  pages = {1030-1053},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.tra.2012.04.005},
  note = {Accepted on Apr 18, 2012}}}
```

2011

Miller E., Farooq B., Chingcuanco F., Wang D. (2011). Historical Validation of an Integrated Transport � Land Use Model System. Transportation Research Record 2 (2255):91-99

The ILUTE (Integrated Land Use, Transportation, Environment) model system is an agent-based microsimulation model for the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA) in which disaggregate, process-based models of spatial socio-economic processes are used to evolve the GTHA system state from a known base case to a predicted future year end state in one-year time steps. ILUTE has reached a state of operational implementation in which historical validation runs are being undertaken. A 100% GTA population of persons, families, households and dwelling units has been synthesized for the year 1986. Twenty-year historical simulations (1986-2006) have been run, with model outputs being compared to Canadian Census data and Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS) data for 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. This paper presents recent findings from these historical validation tests, with particular emphasis on the system’s modelling of demographic evolution of the population and of the region’s housing market.
```
@Article{BF_TRR_2011,
  author = {Eric Miller and Bilal Farooq and Franco Chingcuanco and David Wang},
  title = {Historical Validation of an Integrated Transport {\textendash} Land Use Model System},
  journal = {Transportation Research Record},
  year = {2011},
  volume = {2},
  number = {2255},
  pages = {91-99},
  DOI = {10.3141/2255-10},
  note = {Accepted on Mar 05, 2011}}}
```

Book chapters [3]

2015

Farooq B., Hurtubia R., Bierlaire M. (2015) Simulation based generation of a synthetic population for Brussels. In Bierlaire, de Palma, Hurtubia and Waddell (ed) Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for Sustainable Cities, [ISBN 978-2-940222-72-8]


@InProceedings{FaroHurtBier15,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Ricardo Hurtubia and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Simulation based generation of a synthetic population for Brussels},
  year = {2015},
  booktile = {Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for Sustainable Cities},
  editor = {Bierlaire and  de Palma and  Hurtubia and Waddell},
  pages = {95-112}}}

Farooq B., Mueller K., Bierlaire M., Axhausen K. (2015) Methodologies for synthesizing populations. In Bierlaire, de Palma, Hurtubia and Waddell (ed) Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for Sustainable Cities, EPFL Press , Lausanne, Switzerland [ISBN 978-2-940222-72-8]


@InProceedings{FaroMuelBierAxha15,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Kirill Mueller and Michel Bierlaire and Kay Axhausen},
  title = {Methodologies for synthesizing populations},
  year = {2015},
  booktile = {Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for Sustainable Cities},
  editor = {Bierlaire and  de Palma and  Hurtubia and Waddell},
  publisher = {EPFL Press},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland},
  pages = {77-94}}}

2014

Danalet A., Bierlaire M., Farooq B. (2014) Estimating Pedestrian Destinations Using Traces from WiFi Infrastructures. In U. Weidmann, U. Kirsch and M. Schreckenberg (ed) Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, Springer International Publishing [ISBN 978-3-319-02446-2]


@InProceedings{DanaletBierlaireFarooqPED2012,
  author = {Antonin Danalet and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Estimating Pedestrian Destinations Using Traces from WiFi Infrastructures},
  year = {2014},
  booktile = {Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012},
  editor = {U. Weidmann and  U. Kirsch and M. Schreckenberg},
  publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
  pages = {1341-1352}}}

Technical reports [7]

2015

Nikolic M., Bierlaire M., Farooq B. (2015). Probabilistic speed-density relationship for pedestrian traffic: a data-driven approach. Report TRANSP-OR 150411


@TechReport{NikBieFar_PedMixFD_2015,
  author = {Marija Nikolic and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Probabilistic speed-density relationship for pedestrian traffic: a data-driven approach},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2015},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 150411},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

2013

Hänseler F., Bierlaire M., Farooq B., Mühlematter T. (2013). An aggregate model for transient and multi-directional pedestrian flows in public walking areas. Report TRANSP-OR 131219


@TechReport{PedCTM_2013,
  author = {Flurin H\"anseler and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq and Thomas M\"uhlematter},
  title = {An aggregate model for transient and multi-directional pedestrian flows in public walking areas},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2013},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 131219},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

Danalet A., Farooq B., Bierlaire M. (2013). A Bayesian Approach to Detect Pedestrian Destination-Sequences from WiFi Signatures. Report TRANSP-OR 131002


@TechReport{Danaletetal_WiFi,
  author = {Antonin Danalet and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {A Bayesian Approach to Detect Pedestrian Destination-Sequences from WiFi Signatures},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2013},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 131002},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Hurtubia R., Flötteröd G. (2013). Simulation based Synthesis of Population. Report TRANSP-OR 130125


@TechReport{FaroBierHurtFloe_PopSyn2013,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Ricardo Hurtubia and Gunnar Fl\"otter\"od},
  title = {Simulation based Synthesis of Population},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2013},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 130125},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

2012

Farooq B., Miller E., Chingcuanco F., Giroux-Cook M. (2012). Microsimulation framework for urban price-taker markets. Report TRANSP-OR 120827


@TechReport{FaroMilleChingCook2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller and Franco Chingcuanco and Martin Giroux-Cook},
  title = {Microsimulation framework for urban price-taker markets},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2012},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 120827},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

Farooq B., Miller E., Haider M. (2012). A Multidimensional Decisions Modelling Framework for Built Space Supply. Report TRANSP-OR 120826


@TechReport{FaroMilleHaid2012.pdf,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller and Murtaza Haider},
  title = {A Multidimensional Decisions Modelling Framework for Built Space Supply},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2012},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 120826},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

Hänseler F., Sahaleh S., Farooq B., Lavadinho S., Thémans M., Bierlaire M. (2012). Final report on the modeling part of the "Flux pietons Gare de Lausanne" project within the framework of "Leman 2030". Report TRANSP-OR 120801


@TechReport{LEMAN2030,
  author = {Flurin H\"anseler and Sohrab Sahaleh and Bilal Farooq and Sonia Lavadinho and Micha\"el Th\'emans and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Final report on the modeling part of the ''Flux pietons Gare de Lausanne'' project within the framework of ''Leman 2030''},
  institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
  year = {2012},
  type = {Technical Report},
  number = {TRANSP-OR 120801},
  address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}

Articles in conference proceedings [12]

2014

Nikolic M., Bierlaire M., Farooq B. (2014) Probabilistic speed-density relationship for pedestrians based on data driven space and time representation. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference (STRC), 14 - 16 May, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{NikBieFar_STRC2014,
  author = {Marija Nikolic and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Probabilistic speed-density relationship for pedestrians based on data driven space and time representation},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference (STRC), 14 - 16 May},
  year = {2014},
  address = {Ascona, Switzerland}}}

2013

Danalet A., Farooq B., Bierlaire M. (2013) Towards an activity-based model for pedestrian facilities. Proceedings of the 13th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), April 24-26, Monte Verit�, Ascona, Switerland


@InProceedings{Danalet_Farooq_STRC13v2,
  author = {Antonin Danalet and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Towards an activity-based model for pedestrian facilities},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the 13th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), April 24-26},
  year = {2013},
  address = {Monte Verit\`a, Ascona, Switerland}}}

Efthymiou D., Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Antoniou C. (2013) Agent Based Indicators Analysis in the Context of Policy Evaluation. Proceedings of the Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), April 24-26, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{EfthymiouSTRC2013b,
  author = {Dimitrios Efthymiou and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Constantinos Antoniou},
  title = {Agent Based Indicators Analysis in the Context of Policy Evaluation},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), April 24-26},
  year = {2013},
  address = {Ascona, Switzerland}}}

Hänseler F., Farooq B., Bierlaire M. (2013) An aggregated dynamic flow model for pedestrian movement in railway stations. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference (STRC), 24-26 April, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{Haens_STRC_2013,
  author = {Flurin H\"anseler and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {An aggregated dynamic flow model for pedestrian movement in railway stations},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference (STRC), 24-26 April},
  year = {2013},
  address = {Ascona, Switzerland}}}

Nikolic M., Farooq B., Bierlaire M. (2013) Exploratory analysis of pedestrian flow characteristics in mobility hubs using trajectory data. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference (STRC), 24-26 April, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{Nikolic_Farooq_Bierlaire_STRC_2013,
  author = {Marija Nikolic and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Exploratory analysis of pedestrian flow characteristics in mobility hubs using trajectory data},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference (STRC), 24-26 April},
  year = {2013},
  address = {Ascona, Switzerland}}}

2012

Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Hurtubia R., Flötteröd G. (2012) Simulation based Approach for Agents Synthesis in Large-Scale Urban Systems Modelling. Proceedings of the 13th Conference of International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), July 15-20, Toronto, Canada


@InProceedings{FaroBierHurtFlot2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Ricardo Hurtubia and Gunnar Fl\"otter\"od},
  title = {Simulation based Approach for Agents Synthesis in Large-Scale Urban Systems Modelling},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the 13th Conference of International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), July 15-20},
  year = {2012},
  address = {Toronto, Canada}}}

Hänseler F., Farooq B., Bierlaire M. (2012) Preliminary ideas for dynamic estimation of pedestrian origin-destination demand within train stations. Proceedings of the Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), 02.05.2012-04.05.2012, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{HaeFarBie_STRC_2012,
  author = {Flurin H\"anseler and Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Preliminary ideas for dynamic estimation of pedestrian origin-destination demand within train stations},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), 02.05.2012-04.05.2012},
  year = {2012},
  address = {Ascona, Switzerland}}}

Sahaleh S., Bierlaire M., Farooq B., Danalet A., Hänseler F. (2012) Scenario Analysis of Pedestrian Flow in Public Spaces. Proceedings of the 12th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), May 2-4, Monte Verit�, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{SahBie_STRC_2012,
  author = {Sohrab Sahaleh and Michel Bierlaire and Bilal Farooq and Antonin Danalet and Flurin H\"anseler},
  title = {Scenario Analysis of Pedestrian Flow in Public Spaces},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the 12th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), May 2-4},
  year = {2012},
  address = {Monte Verit\`a, Ascona, Switzerland}}}

2011

Breuer A., Farooq B. (2011) Participation? I like it! The Impact of Social Digital Media on Political Participation: Evidence from the Brazilian Case. Proceedings of the 6th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), August 25�27, 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland


@InProceedings{AB_Reykjavik_Aug2011,
  author = {Anita Breuer and Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Participation? I like it! The Impact of Social Digital Media on Political Participation: Evidence from the  Brazilian Case},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the 6th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political  Research (ECPR), August 25{\textendash}27, 2011},
  year = {2011},
  address = {Reykjavik, Iceland}}}

Farooq B. (2011) Towards a unified framework of urban built space evolution: Agents and Processes. Proceedings of the Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), May 11-13, 2011, Monte Verit�, Ascona, Switzerland


@InProceedings{BF_STRC2011_Paper,
  author = {Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Towards a unified framework of urban built space evolution: Agents and Processes},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC), May 11-13, 2011},
  year = {2011},
  address = {Monte Verit\`a, Ascona, Switzerland}}}

Farooq B., Miller E., Haider M. (2011) Multidimensional Decision Modeling Framework for Built Space Supply . Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), January 23-27, 2011, Washington DC, USA


@InProceedings{BF_WashDC_Jan2011b,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller and Murtaza Haider},
  title = {Multidimensional Decision Modeling Framework for Built Space Supply },
  booktime = {Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), January 23-27, 2011},
  year = {2011},
  address = {Washington DC, USA}}}

Farooq B., Miller E., Chingcuanco F., Giroux-Cook M. (2011) Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets. Proceedings of the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR), July 28-30, 2011, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada


@InProceedings{BF_WCTLR2011_Paper,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Eric Miller and Franco Chingcuanco and Martin Giroux-Cook},
  title = {Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets},
  booktime = {Proceedings of the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR), July 28-30, 2011},
  year = {2011},
  address = {Whistler, British Columbia, Canada}}}

Talks [15]

2013

Farooq B., Bierlaire M. Synthesizing Data on Agents and Their Associations: A Simulation and Graph Theoretic Approach May 31, 2013. Eighth Workshop on Discrete Choice Models, Lausanne.


@Misc{FARO_DCA2013,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Synthesizing Data on Agents and Their Associations: A Simulation and Graph Theoretic Approach},
  howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/FARO_DCA2013.pdf}},
  year = {2013},
  note = {Presented at Eighth Workshop on Discrete Choice Models, Lausanne}}}

Farooq B., Bierlaire M. Population Synthesis: A Different Perspective May 24, 2013. Workshop on Land-Use Transport Interactions, Paris.


@Misc{FARO_LUTIParis,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire},
  title = {Population Synthesis: A Different Perspective},
  howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/FARO_LUTIParis.pdf}},
  year = {2013},
  note = {Presented at Workshop on Land-Use Transport Interactions, Paris}}}

2012

Farooq B. Integrated Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Systems: Planning and Design December 06, 2012. Invited speaker, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.


@Misc{BF_PolyDec2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Integrated Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Systems: Planning and Design },
  howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/BF_PolyDec2012.pdf}},
  year = {2012},
  note = {Presented at Invited speaker, \École Polytechnique de Montr\éal, Montr\éal, Canada}}}

Farooq B. Simulation Methods in Urban Infrastructure Systems November 26, 2012. Invited speaker, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.


@Misc{BF_CoimbraNov2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq},
  title = {Simulation Methods in Urban Infrastructure Systems},
  howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/BF_CoimbraNov2012.pdf}},
  year = {2012},
  note = {Presented at Invited speaker, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal}}}

Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Flötteröd G. A new approach to synthesize heterogeneous agents and their associations for urban microsimulations March 28, 2012. 2nd Workshop of Urban Dynamics, Termas de Chillán, Chile.


@Misc{URBANICSII_FAR2012,
  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Gunnar Fl\"otter\"od},
  title = {A new approach to synthesize heterogeneous agents and their associations for urban microsimulations},
  howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/URBANICSII_FAR2012.pdf}},
  year = {2012},
  note = {Presented at 2nd Workshop of Urban Dynamics, Termas de Chill\án, Chile}}}

2011

Farooq B. Recent Advances in Agent Synthesis for Large-Scale Integrated Models November 18, 2011. Invited Speaker, Institute of Transportation Engineers, University of Toronto Chapter, Toronto, ON, Canada.


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Farooq B. Understanding Sustainable Evolution of Urban Engineering Systems using Behavioural Modelling and Microsimulation September 08, 2011. Invited Speaker, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Okanagen, BC, Canada.


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Farooq B., Bierlaire M., Flötteröd G. Simulation based Population Synthesis August 26, 2011. Seventh workshop on discrete choice models, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.


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  author = {Bilal Farooq and Michel Bierlaire and Gunnar Fl\"otter\"od},
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Farooq B., Miller E., Chingcuanco F., Giroux-Cook M. Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets July 29, 2011. Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets, Whistler, Canada.


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Farooq B. Towards a unified framework of urban built space evolution: Agents and Processes May 12, 2011. Swiss Transport Research Conference, Monte Verita / Ascona, Switzerland.


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  year = {2011},
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Farooq B. A Dynamic Multidimensional Decisions Modelling Framework for New Built Space Supply March 09, 2011. Workshop on Equilibrium Sorting in Urban Economics and Transportation Models, Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETHZ, Zurich.


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Farooq B. Multidimensional Discrete-Continuous Modelling of Choice Bundles: Theory and Application February 25, 2011. Invited Speaker, Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp.


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Farooq B., Miller E. ILUTE Microsimulation Framework of Urban Spatial Dynamics: Recent Developments January 27, 2011. iTeam Workshop on Activity Based Modelling and Microsimulation, Washington DC.


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Farooq B., Miller E., Haider M. Multidimensional Decision Modeling Framework for Built Space Supply January 25, 2011. Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, TRB, Washington DC.


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Farooq B. Evolution of Urban Built Space: Markets and Decisions January 23, 2011. Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, TRB, Washington DC.


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  year = {2011},
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Reviewing [6]

Research projects [4]

2012

Pedestrian dynamics: flows and behavior

This project aims at developing mathematical models of pedestrian dynamics, both at aggregate and disaggregate levels. Integrated and holistic mathematical models will handle the complexity of this unique transport mode and help us to answer open research questions. in the future, such foundations will also allow to create the tools society needs to better understand pedestrian dynamics.
- Apr 01, 2012 - Mar 31, 2015
- Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
- Principal investigator: Michel Bierlaire
- Project managers: Bilal Farooq, Riccardo Scarinci
- Collaborators: Antonin Danalet, Flurin H�nseler, Marija Nikolic

2010

NRP 65: Sustainable Urban Patterns (SUPat)

This project aims at developing methodologies for the integration of qualitative an quantitative tools for land use planning and urban project-evaluation . The methodology will allow the interaction between urban design experts and land use modelers, developing techniques to use the description of urban projects and policies as inputs for land use models like UrbanSim and transport models like MATSim. The modeling effort output is used as input for the experts, generating an iterative feedback.
- Oct 01, 2010 - Sep 30, 2013
- Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
- Principal investigator: Michel Bierlaire
- Project managers: Bilal Farooq, Ricardo Hurtubia
- Collaborator: Dimitrios Efthymiou

2009

Methods and tools for supporting the use, calibration and validation of traffic simulation models

The main objective of this Action is to develop, implement and promote methodologies and procedures to support the use of traffic simulations, especially on the topics of calibration and validation. To this aim, the sharing and exchanging of available traffic datasets will also be a key task of the Action.
- May 26, 2009 - May 25, 2013
- Sponsor: European Commission
- Principal investigator: Michel Bierlaire
- Project manager: Bilal Farooq

2008

NEARCTIS

NEARCTIS (Network of Excellence: Advanced Road Cooperative Traffic management in the Information Society) is an academic network involving teams working on the field of traffic management and optimization, with a particular focus on cooperative systems. The main objective of the project is to constitute what could be considered as a virtual research institute.
- Jul 01, 2008 - Jun 30, 2012
- Sponsor: European Commission
- Principal investigator: Michel Bierlaire
- Project manager: Bilal Farooq

EPFL courses [2]

Spring 2013

Optimization and Simulation.
- Level: PhD
- Section: Doctoral program in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Lecturers: Michel Bierlaire, Bilal Farooq, Jianghang Chen
- Teaching assistants: Aur�lie Glerum, Antonin Danalet
- Webpage: http://transp-or.epfl.ch/courses/OptSim2013/

Spring 2012

Optimization and Simulation.
- Level: PhD
- Section: Doctoral program in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Lecturers: Michel Bierlaire, Bilal Farooq, Prem Kumar
- Teaching assistant: Nitish Umang
- Webpage: http://transp-or.epfl.ch/courses/OptSim2012/

MSc theses [1]

2011-2012

Pedestrian flow simulation and optimization in transportation hubs (case study), Sohrab Sahaleh (Civil Engineering)
- Supervision: Michel Bierlaire, Bilal Farooq, Antonin Danalet
- External expert: Prof. Winnie Daamen

Semester projects [5]

2013

Visualization of pedestrian demand in a 3D graph, Javier Lopez-Montenegro Ramil (Computer science)

Supervision: Antonin Danalet, Bilal Farooq
This project aims at visualizing flows in a pedestrian graph in 3D. The graph is coded as a postGIS database (postgresql). The goal consists in representing the density at each node and eventually the flows between the nodes (data coming from our own algorithm). The visualization needs to be both in 3D and in 2D for printing. An IC student would ideally fit the goal of this project. The first step would be to compare the pros and cons of <a href="http://processing.org/">Processing</a> and Google <a href="https://maps.google.com/">Map</a>/<a href="www.google.com/earth/index.html">Earth</a>. Then it would consists in visualizing the pedestrian graph in the chosen tool. As a final step, the student will include density data of signals (without treatment) and the results of our algorithm in the map (treated data) and generate final maps and animations from data. As an inspiration of how it could possibly look like <a href="http://youtu.be/I17_nuPiJI4">this</a> (but with pedestrian as dots instead of trains)

Associations generation in synthetic population, Paul Anderson

Supervision: Bilal Farooq, Dimitrios Efthymiou
In recent years significant advancements have been made in the research related to agent based urban systems modelling, especially in the area of activity based large scale travel demand models. Synthesis of different types of agents (person, family, and household) is an integral part of the input preparation for such models and micosimulations. In addition to agents generation, these recent developments also require synthesizing associations between different types of agents. For instance, which individual person is married to whom, who is the father of a 7 years old male going to a particular school, etc. Such information is very useful in realistic modelling and microsimulation of short term decisions like who gets to take the car for work and long term decisions for instance, what type of dwelling a particular household will buy. A Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation based agents synthesis approach has been proposed by Farooq et al. (2012). At core, the approach used Gibbs sampler to draw from the joint distribution of agent attributes using the available data. Among other advantages, they also demonstrated that the approach can reproduce the joint distribution better than the conventional fitting based approaches. Here we extend the simulation based synthesis approach so that it can also generate the association among drawn agents of different types. Required skill set: Experience in data analysis and pre-processing; probability and statistic; coding in Java or C#

Development of a novel pedestrian flow simulator, Thomas Mühlematter

Supervision: Flurin Hänseler, Bilal Farooq
Due to a general increase in travel demand, pedestrian flows in railway stations are gaining importance. Space is getting scarce, pedestrian density is reaching critical levels, and walking times are getting longer. To better understand these phenomena, we are currently developing a cell-based pedestrian flow simulator. Key features of this framework include its ability to i) realistically reproduce pedestrian density waves caused by arriving trains, ii) adequately describe multi-directional flows often present in public spaces, iii) consider differences in walking speeds among characteristic groups of pedestrians (such as passengers with luggage, handicapped people, travelers in a hurry, etc). To extend and implement this framework, basic programming skills or a strong willingness to acquire such knowledge is needed. Familiarity with fundamental fluid dynamics would be a plus. Extensive support and insight into ongoing research are provided.

2012-2013

Pedestrian flow simulation in Lausanne train station, Nicolas de Lamberterie

Supervision: Bilal Farooq, Marija Nikolic
This project is about modelling, simulating, and analyzing the future expansion scenarios, in the context of pedestrian flows within Lausanne Gare (train station). We have already developed the modelling and simulation test-bed in a pedestrian flow simulator, called VisWalk. Here we would like to use more detailed data for existing and future demand in our models and analysis. A considerable amount of time will be spent to perform the calibration of various parameters using aggregate level speed and density related data. If time permits, we would also be interested in doing small infrastructure changes, specifically tapering of the intersections between PIs and ramps in order to evaluate their effects of the pedestrian flows. Ideal student should have some experience in using CAD software (AutoCAD, Microstation); should have some knowledge of databases; and be able to do basic programming. The student working on the project will have a great and unique opportunity to work directly with SBB CFF FFS, a major transportation software company called PTV AG, and a rapidly growing startup from EPFL called VisioSafe.

Population synthesis for large-scale agent based microsimulation, Lovisa Arnesson

Supervision: Bilal Farooq
Dynamic microsimulation of cities, including transportation, land use, and energy, require an initial dissaggregate population of agents (households and persons) as a key input. Due to privacy reasons, most of the times, governments do not provide access to full information on the population in census. This requires synthesizing the population from available datasets. In principle two datasets are necessary for such synthesis: a) disaggregate sample of households/persons; b) demographic summaries for all the zones in the study area. Techniques like Iterative Proportional Fitting (IPF) method are developed to use these datasets and generate a synthetic population of households and persons. A new technique for population synthesis has been developed at Transportation and Mobility lab. The scope of this project is to a) prepare datasets from the census and various other micro data samples b) run the simulations code based of the developed technique, for various scenarios (code is written in c++ and will be provided to the student. Only a very basic programming knowledge is required from the student) c) analysis and comparison of the results with other methods. This project will require developing understanding of the general methodology of population synthesis, preprocessing the datasets, familiarity with MySQL, GIS software, and some programming experience is recommended.