A statistical approach for calibrating a microsimulation model for freeways

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 497-508

  Mauro, Raffaele ^a   Giuffrè, Orazio ^b   Granà, Anna ^b   Chiappone, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aimsun; Calibration; Freeway; Microsimulation; Speed density relationship; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84922267434     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: 22243496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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