Systematic approach for validating traffic simulation models

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1876, 2004, Pages 20-31

  Ni, Daiheng ^a   Leonard II, John D ^b   Guin, Angshuman ^a   Williams, Billv M ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Georgia Stt Road/Tollway Authority   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOCORRELATION; SIMULATION MODELS; STATISTICAL VALIDATION; TRAFFIC SIMULATION;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 15544373118     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1876-03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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