Calibration and validation of microscopic models of traffic flow

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1934, 2005, Pages 179-187

  Brockfeld, Elmar ^a   Kühne, Reinhart D ^a   Wagner, Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CALIBRATION ERRORS; MULTILANE FREEWAY; SINGLE-LANE MODELS; SINGLE-LANE MODELS ERRORS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33645768117     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1934-19     Document Type: Article

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