AN ANALYSIS OF RAMP SERVICE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS BY MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

THIS RESEARCH STUDY IS CONCERNED WITH THE ANALYSIS OF ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE RAMP-MERGING PROCESS -- NAMELY, THE DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICE TIMES FOR RAMP VEHICLES ATTEMPTING TO MERGE WITH THE FREEWAY TRAFFIC STREAM. MERGING OF RAMP AND FREEWAY TRAFFIC IS DESCRIBED AS A CLASSICAL QUEUEING PROBLEM. THE RAMP- FREEWAY MERGIN PROCESS; AND THE ASSOCIATED RAMP SERVICE TIMES, WERE STUDIED BY MEANS OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATION ON AN IBM 360/65 COMPUTER. /FHWA/

• Record URL:
  http://cslib.cdmhost.com/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p128501coll2/id/51577/rec/16600
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Connecticut, Storrs

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 261 Glenbrook Road
  Storrs, CT  United States  06269-2037

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, P.O. Drawer A
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109
• Authors:
  • Perruccio, W B
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Freeways; Merging traffic; Monte Carlo method; Ramps; Service time; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227022
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 12 1972 12:00AM