SOME REAL APPLICATIONS OF MICROSIMULATION

Microsimulation offers a unified approach to the analysis of traffic flow, because it models traffic components directly. It schematically represents individual drivers in individual vehicles reacting to other individuals and the immediate external constraints on their freedom of movement. The use of random variations of normal driving behaviour and vehicle kinematics has proved sufficient to enable SIAS to undertake a wide range of contracts, using its Paramics microscopic traffic simulation software in circumstances where other packages might struggle. Paramics was generally used where an alternative purpose-built tool broke down while operating outside its region of validity. Clients include national and local government and the private sector. This paper presents examples of microsimulation projects, ranging from studies of individual junctions to wide-area problems of rural and urban congestion, covering both normal and unusual situations. The UK projects described include: (1) reconstruction of a signalised junction outside a new superstore; (2) traffic control options for Paisley, Lanark, Perth, Dundee, and Edinburgh; (3) microscopic modelling on stretches of motorway and trunk road; (4) toll plaza simulation at the Forth Road Bridge; and (5) rural schemes.

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  PRINTERHALL LIMITED

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• Authors:
  • DRUITT, S
• Publication Date: 1998-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 600-7
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Computer programs; Contracts; Drivers; Local government agencies; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Motion; Organizations; Private enterprise; Simulation; Stochastic processes; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Micro
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 9001: Behaviour; 146: Contract; 1772: Driver; 192: Local authority; 6473: Mathematical model; 9045: Micro; 5483: Movement; 9057: Organization (association); 9118: Private; 9103: Simulation; 8645: Software; 6574: Stochastic process; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00761418
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 6 1999 12:00AM