EASINET: PROCEDURAL PACKAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF INTERSECTION CONTROL STRATEGIES
The purpose of the research was to investigate and develop a comprehensive tool to assist traffic engineers in the development and analysis of intersection control strategies. The interactive, microcomputer-based package developed as a result is called EASINET. EASINET consists of a number of tools, including a simulation program, an optimization-capacity analysis program, a knowledge-based system, and a number of support and utility programs. The simulation program is used to model the existing or projected traffic conditions and traffic control strategies. The knowledge-based system module is used to diagnose the problem and recommend solutions. The optimization model is used to perform the necessary computations, evaluate recommended solutions, and provide recommendations. EASINET guides a traffic engineer in designing traffic control strategies for fixed-time, noninterconnected intersections. The knowledge embedded in EASINET and its components is gathered from nationally accepted and respected human experts, publications, and programs. EASINET thereby gives the user access to accepted knowledge of confirmed practices in traffic signal design and operation. EASINET uses the results of the simulation component and capabilities of its components to identify locations with substandard performance, determine possible origins of the problem, generate and evaluate possible solutions to the problem, and make recommendations to the user for implementation. Using EASINET can enable this analysis procedure to be implemented more efficiently and effectively in a fraction of the time that would be required for an engineer to perform the analysis conventionally.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1553, Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Evaluations.
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Authors:
- Malek, S
- Parsonson, P S
- Moskaluk, M J
- Chen, Huanlei
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
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- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 46-52
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1553
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer programs; Expert systems; Intersections; Microcomputers; Performance; Power modules; Pretimed traffic signal controllers; Problem identification; Problem solving; Strategic planning; Traffic control; Traffic signals; User interfaces (Computer science)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Interactive computing; Modules
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00732337
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309059240
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Feb 10 1997 12:00AM