TRANSIMS implementation in Chittenden County, Vermont: Development, calibration, and preliminary sensitivity analysis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2132, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Lawe, Stephen ^a   Lobb, John ^a   Sadek, Adel W ^b   Huang, Shan ^b   Xie, Chi ^c  

^a RESOURCE SYSTEMS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; ANALYSIS SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS; MODELING RESULTS; SEED NUMBER; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEM MODELS; TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SIMULATIONS; VERMONT;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 76149121126     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2132-13     Document Type: Article

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