PATH-PROCESSING CAPABILITY IN THE WATSIM MICROSIMULATION MODEL

Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) is perceived as a major ITS initiative to manage congestion. DTA algorithms seek to guide smart cars along paths to their respective destinations so as to disperse traffic demand over a network in a manner that minimizes vehicle hours or trip travel times. DTA algorithms must be tested before deployed. This paper describes a microsimulation model designed to interface with any DTA algorithm, which simulates the operational performance of traffic comprised of a mix of smart cars equipped to be guided during their travel, and those not so equipped. Results obtained by the model simulation a DTA traffic environment are presented

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2000 ITS America, Washington DC
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Lieberman, Edward
  • Goldblatt, Reuben
• Conference:
  • ITS America 10th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Revolutionary Thinking, Real Results
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2000-5-1 to 2000-5-4
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highways; Computer algorithms; Simulation; Traffic assignment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793514
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Jun 13 2000 12:00AM