Assessing uncertainties in traffic simulation : A key component in model calibration and validation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1876, 2004, Pages 32-40

  Bayarri, M J ^a   Berger, James O ^a   Molina, German ^a   Rouphail, Nagui M ^b   Sacks, Jerome ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; URBAN PLANNING;

MODEL PARAMETERS; TRAFFIC NETWORKS; TRAFFIC SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 15544378090     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1876-04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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