Leveraging Agents-as-a-Service for Smart & Connected CommunitiesSmart and connected communities aim to optimize operation in (near) real time via sensors and computing power. Individuals, vehicles, and businesses can provide data which can be useful in this operation. But these entities may be reluctant to reveal too much personal data, particularly location data and future plans. How can the public's privacy be assured while still being able to effectively leverage this valuable source rich, disaggregate data? Synthetically generated data could serve as a broker between the public and the system operators. Thus system operators could be provided with agents-as-a-service -- generated synthetic populations provided quickly and as needed. Although population synthesis is not new to transportation and other fields, typical applications are offline and used for planning primarily. Our particular contribution will be in the generation of behaviorally and socially realistic population quickly and with relevant, realistic social connections.
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