Statistical validation of traffic simulation models

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1876, 2004, Pages 142-150

  Toledo, Tomer ^a   Koutsopoulos, Haris N ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS); STATISTICAL VALIDATION; TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODEL; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 15544375947     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1876-15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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