FREEWAY OPERATIONS STUDY - PHASE III: INTERIM REPORT 4-1 FREQ 2-A REVISION OF THE 'FREEQ' FREEWAY MODEL

THIS PAPER DOCUMENTS THE REVISED FREEWAY MODEL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FREQ 2. CHAPTER II IS DEVOTED TO A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ORIGINAL FREEWAY MODEL AND PROGRAM STRUCTURE, AND THE REASONS FOR A COMPLETE REVISION. CHAPTER III OUTLINES THE MODEL REFINEMENTS AND THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE CHANGES WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THIS SECOND VERSION. CHAPTER IV GIVES DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MODEL REFINEMENTS AND THE OPERATION AND USE OF THE REVISED COMPUTER PROGRAM. CHAPTER V DESCRIBES THE WORK WHICH WAS DONE TO VERIFY THAT THE PROGRAM WAS OPERATING AS DESIRED. FINALLY, CHAPTER VI CONTAINS A DISCUSSION OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE REVISED MODEL AND A DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A LATER VERSION OF THE PROGRAM. APPENDICES LIST VARIABLES, SAMPLE INPUT DATA, SAMPLE OUTPUT DATA, AND GIVE A PROGRAM LISTING. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No 13945-A13304
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States 

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914
• Authors:
  • Blankenhorn, R C
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Freeway operations; Mathematical models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225027
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1973 12:00AM