TY - JOUR TI - Simulating the joint distribution of individuals, households and dwellings in small areas AU - Husby, Trond AU - Ivanova, Olga AU - Thissen, Mark VL - 11 IS - 2 PY - 2018 DA - 2018/08/31 SP - 169-190 C1 - IJM 2018;11(2):169-190 DO - 10.34196/ijm.00184 UR - https://doi.org/10.34196/ijm.00184 AB - This article proposes a sample-based methodology for synthesizing individuals, households and dwellings in small areas, illustrated using a case study of Amsterdam. The method encompasses the following steps: first, individual- and household-level tables are created separately using Iterative Proportional Fitting (IPF). Second, synthetic individuals are allocated into synthetic households using a combination of sorting algorithms and mixed integer programming. As such, the synthetic households are adjusted to accommodate the synthetic individuals, ensuring a consistent joint distribution of individuals, households and dwellings in small areas. KW - spatial microsimulation KW - iterative proportional fitting KW - mixed integer programming JF - IJM SN - 1747-5864 PB - International Journal of Microsimulation ER -