An optimal downsampling procedure for microscopic simulation modeling of transportation networks: A proof-of-concept study

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-98

  Alecsandru, Ciprian ^a,b   Ishak, Sherif ^a   Zhang, Yan ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c DMJM+HARRIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following models; Computational efficiency; Downsampling; Microscopic simulation; Scalability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING; SCALABILITY;

CAR-FOLLOWING MODELS; DOWNSAMPLING; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SAMPLING; SCALABILITY;

MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250178048     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-102     Document Type: Article

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