METROPOLIS: MODULAR SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION

METROPOLIS proposes an interactive environment that simulates automobile traffic in large urban areas. The core of the system is a dynamic simulator that integrates commuters' departure time and route choice behaviors over large networks: Drivers are assumed to minimize a generalized travel cost function that depends on travel time and schedule delay. This simulator is based on a behavioral driver information process. It allows real-time and off-line simulations. The system also includes a scenario builder and a graphical results viewer. The main ideas underlying METROPOLIS are presented, and preliminary computer simulation experiments are discussed for Geneva, Switzerland.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 178-184
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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00744769
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0309062136
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jan 9 1998 12:00AM