HUTSIM - URBAN TRAFFIC SIMULATION AND CONTROL MODEL: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

The problems with urban city traffic are getting worse, because of increasing traffic demand. Also the traffic environment and control systems are getting more and more complex. Transport telematics may offer new solutions, but it is difficult to predict its impact. Hence there is a need for new tools for traffic planning and research as well as for development of new traffic control strategies. The new tool has to be able to model all the essential interactions of the traffic process in sufficient detail. The subject of this thesis is the development of a general urban traffic simulator. The overall aim has been to develop a versatile planning and research tool for detailed examination of the traffic process and its interactions. With a simulator it is possible to examine the traffic system in a controlled way and without disturbing the actual traffic. Numerous different alternatives can be tested in order to choose the most suitable one. For evaluation the simulator produces various measures that indicate the efficiency, safety and emissions of the traffic. The animation provided by the simulation is very useful in demonstrating different alternatives to decision makers and for the general public. HUTSIM has been developed by the Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Transportation Engineering since 1989. HUTSIM was originally developed for evaluation of signal control, but has since evolved towards more general urban traffic and control simulation. This thesis is the continuation to the author's licentiate thesis on HUTSIM as a traffic signal simulator, opening new perspectives for applications based on the HUTSIM simulation. The flexible and versatile object-oriented modeling has made HUTSIM easy to adapt for most various simulation studies. HUTSIM's rule-based vehicle dynamics produces a consistent and stable driving behavior in any traffic situation with only a set of few rules for speed control, lane changing and gap acceptance. The parameters of this rule system has been calibrated by many field studies. The driving dynamics has been adapted to cover not only street traffic but the freeway environment, too. HUTSIM also offers multi-modal capabilities like pedestrian traffic and public transport simulation. An open and generic driver modeling framework is outlined in this thesis.

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  HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (HUT), DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, LABORATORY OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

  RAKENTAJANAUKIO 4
  ESPOO,   Finland  FIN-02150
• Authors:
  • Kosonen, I
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 248 p.
• Serial:
  • HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PUBLICATION
  • Volume: 100
  • Publisher: HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (HUT), DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, LABORATORY OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
  • ISSN: 0781-5816

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Simulation; Theses; Traffic
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• ITRD Terms: 3874: Control; 8035: Finland; 9103: Simulation; 8597: Thesis; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00811257
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• ISBN: 951-22-4778-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 7 2001 12:00AM