Calibration and validation of TRANSIMS microsimulator for an urban arterial network

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1091-1100

  Park, Byungkyu Brian ^a   Kwak, Jaeyoung ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; experimental design; Latin hypercube sampling; microscopic traffic simulation; TRANSIMS; validation

Indexed keywords

DEFAULT PARAMETERS; FIELD CONDITIONS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; SIMULATION RESULT; TRAFFIC COUNTS; TRANSIMS; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ARTERIAL NETWORKS; VALIDATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; URBAN PLANNING;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 79959772595     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-011-1002-6     Document Type: Article

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