TRAFFIC SIMULATION WITH CONSIDERATION OF DRIVER MODELS, THEORY AND EXAMPLES

In the last five years the IKA (Institut fuer Kraftfahrwesen Aachen) and BMW have created the microscopic traffic simulation program PELOPS. It simulates the traffic flow on motorways with a specific view on vehicle affairs. One application for PELOPS was the assessment of ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) systems inside the PROMETHEUS program. It was shown that PELOPS is a powerful tool for the analysis of new technologies. Driver behaviour is related to the traffic situation. In contrast to the normal traffic flow on motorways, the driver has to stop and go in the suburban area, he has to control lower distances and he has to react on other vehicles on cross-roads. New concepts for these functions are included in PELOPS and calibrated by detailed traffic data from a video observation and floating car measurements in the surrounding of Aachen. Based on the traffic measurement near Aachen, different scenarios are simulated to improve the traffic flow and to relieve the environment. These scenarios include ACC systems, inter-vehicle-communication and intelligent traffic lights. The paper shows some information about the simulation technic and the results from the described analysis.

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  Swets & Zeitlinger

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• Authors:
  • LUDMANN, J
  • NEUNZIG, D
  • WEILKES, M
• Publication Date: 1997-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 491-576
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 5/6
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nvsd20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Computer programs; Drivers; Mathematical models; Simulation; Traffic
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1772: Driver; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation; 8645: Software; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742960
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 26 1997 12:00AM