USER-FRIENDLY TEXAS MODEL - GUIDE TO DATA ENTRY. FINAL REPORT

Two interactive data-entry programs have been incorporated into the TEXAS Model for Intersection Traffic to produce the User-Friendly TEXAS Model. Now, a user, working through an alphanumeric terminal connected in an interactive time-sharing mode to a mainframe computer or through the keyboard of a microcomputer, can enter all the data needed for a simulation run in about 1/10 the time previously required. During simulation, the progress of each individually-characterized vehicle moving through a simulated intersection is recorded and subsequently displayed in real-time or in stop-action on a microcomputer-driven graphics screen. This animated graphics display allows the user to study the overall traffic performance at an intersection or to examine the behavior of any selected vehicle(s) in great detail. Tabular summary statistics are also produced for each simulation run if requested by the user. With the user-friendly version of the TEXAS Model that is described in this guide, alternative intersection designs and traffic-control schemes can be evaluated quickly and accurately in a timely and cost-effective manner.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 3208 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78705

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lee, C E
  • Inman, R F
  • Sanders, W M
• Publication Date: 1985-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 210 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer graphics; Intersections; Manuals; Microcomputers; Traffic control; Traffic simulation; User interfaces (Computer science)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interactive computing; Interactive graphics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463258
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-86/54+361-1F, Research Rpt 361-1F
• Contract Numbers: Study 3-18-84-361
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM