COMPUTER PROGRAM MULTSIM FOR SIMULATING OUTPUT FROM VEHICLE DETECTORS ON A MULTI-LANE SIGNAL-CONTROLLED ROAD

Starting from a set of parameters describing traffic volumes and signal settings, multsim models the flow of traffic in one direction along a section of multi-lane road controlled by signals and simulates the output from loop detectors as vehicles pass over them. To calculate the progress of individual vehicles the program uses a car following model and a set of rules relating to lane changing, and on this basis updates the speed and location of each vehicle once A second. The program gives the user control of traffic patterns through three sets of signals distributed along the road and simulates the output from loop detectors.(a) /Author/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transport Operations Research Group Working Paper
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  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England

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  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland,   England 

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• Authors:
  • Gipps, P G
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 28 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England
  • Issue Number: 20
  • Publisher: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England
  • ISSN: 0306-3402

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Loop detectors; Mathematical models; Sensors; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic signals
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• ITRD Terms: 6473: Mathematical model; 6120: Sensor; 9103: Simulation; 8645: Software; 673: Traffic concentration; 2827: Traffic lane; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164328
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM