An integrated traffic-driving simulation framework: Design, implementation, and validation

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-153

  Hou, Yunfei ^a   Zhao, Yunjie ^a   Hulme, Kevin F ^a   Huang, Shan ^a,b   Yang, Yaqin ^a,c   Sadek, Adel W ^a   Qiao, Chunming ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b Terra Technology   (United States)

^c Bloomberg LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving simulation.; Human in the loop simulation; Integrated simulation.; Simulator validation.; Traffic simulation.

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SIMULATORS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME; VEHICLES;

DRIVING SIMULATION; HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; SIMULATOR VALIDATION; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS;

VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATE; DESIGN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84904361630     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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