Calibration of microsimulation with heuristic optimization methods

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1999, 2007, Pages 208-217

  Ma, Jingtao ^a   Dong, Hu ^b   Zhang, H Michael ^a,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Perteet Inc ^*  (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CALIBRATION METHODS; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATION;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 38849177444     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1999-22     Document Type: Article

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