Do we really need to calibrate all the parameters? Variance-based sensitivity analysis to simplify microscopic traffic flow models

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-193

  Punzo, Vincenzo ^a,b   Montanino, Marcello ^b   Ciuffo, Biagio ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Car following; Intelligent driver model (IDM); Next Generation SIMulation (NGSIM); Sensitivity analysis; Traffic microsimulation; Uncertainty management; Vehicle trajectory

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAJECTORIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAR FOLLOWING; INTELLIGENT DRIVER MODELS; NEXT GENERATION SIMULATION (NGSIM); TRAFFIC MICRO SIMULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84931750623     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2014.2331453     Document Type: Article

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