Calibration and validation of simulated vehicle safety performance at signalized intersections

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1171-1179

  Cunto, Flávio ^a   Saccomanno, Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microscopic simulation; Microscopic simulation calibration; Microscopic simulation validation; Road safety; Safety performance measures; Signalized intersections

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; HEURISTIC METHODS; TRACKING (POSITION);

MICROSCOPIC MODEL; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION VALIDATION; PLACKETT-BURNMAN DESIGN;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR VEHICLE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; ONTARIO; SAFETY;

EID: 42749093453     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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