SIMULATION OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC BY AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER
THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER OFFERS PROMISE OF BECOMING A POWERFUL TOOL IN STUDYING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON FREEWAYS. TO PROGRAM SUCH A PROBLEM FOR THE COMPUTER THE ENGINEER MUST QUANTIZE TIME AND DISTANCE. FOR INPUT DATA HE MUST HAVE AS A MINIMUM A DISTRIBUTION (MEASURED OR ASSUMED) OF DESIRED SPEEDS AND A DISTRIBUTION OF INPUT TIME-SPACINGS. ADDITIONAL PHENOMENA WHICH MAY BE HANDLED INCLUDE VEHICLE LENGTH, FOLLOWING PRACTICES, PASSING PRACTICES, AND TIME WITHIN SYSTEM. TWO TECHNIQUES, PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION AND MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION ARE DISCUSSED. EXPLORATORY STUDIES INDICATE QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RESULTS AND EXPECTED BEHAVIOR. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Gerlough, D L
- Publication Date: 1956
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 17-20, 1956
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Proceedings
- Volume: 35
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computers; Following distance; Freeway operations; Passing; Simulation; Speed; Time; Traffic flow; Vehicle characteristics
- Uncontrolled Terms: Data; Input
- Old TRIS Terms: Following distance (Of vehicles); Programming techniques
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225261
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: May 1 1994 12:00AM