Target Population Synthesis using CT-GAN

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00871v1
• Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:20:18 GMT
• Title: Target Population Synthesis using CT-GAN
• Authors: Tanay Rastogi, Daniel Jonsson,
• Abstract summary: This research looks into how a deep generative model called Conditional Tabular Generative Adrial Network (CT-GAN) can be used to create target populations.<n>The research evaluates the proposed population synthesis models against travel survey and zonal-level aggregated population data.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Agent-based models used in scenario planning for transportation and urban planning usually require detailed population information from the base as well as target scenarios. These populations are usually provided by synthesizing fake agents through deterministic population synthesis methods. However, these deterministic population synthesis methods face several challenges, such as handling high-dimensional data, scalability, and zero-cell issues, particularly when generating populations for target scenarios. This research looks into how a deep generative model called Conditional Tabular Generative Adversarial Network (CT-GAN) can be used to create target populations either directly from a collection of marginal constraints or through a hybrid method that combines CT-GAN with Fitness-based Synthesis Combinatorial Optimization (FBS-CO). The research evaluates the proposed population synthesis models against travel survey and zonal-level aggregated population data. Results indicate that the stand-alone CT-GAN model performs the best when compared with FBS-CO and the hybrid model. CT-GAN by itself can create realistic-looking groups that match single-variable distributions, but it struggles to maintain relationships between multiple variables. However, the hybrid model demonstrates improved performance compared to FBS-CO by leveraging CT-GAN ability to generate a descriptive base population, which is then refined using FBS-CO to align with target-year marginals. This study demonstrates that CT-GAN represents an effective methodology for target populations and highlights how deep generative models can be successfully integrated with conventional synthesis techniques to enhance their performance.

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