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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Microscopic Simulation"”.
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A microscopic simulation laboratory for advanced public transportation system evaluation
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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Impact assessment through microscopic simulation: a sustainable approach to improving traffic congestion
… N2 highway in Cape Town, South Africa. A microsimulation model is developed to analyse average travel times and speeds along the specified route between 2005 and 2023. Historical data is incorporated into the PTV Vissim software, and peak-hour traffic congestion and patterns are investigated. …
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A system-wide evaluation of a traffic control system using microscopic simulation
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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Finding ways out of congestion for the Chicago Loop : a microscopic simulation approach
… thesis relies on the preparation of a VISSIM microscopic traffic simulation model for the Chicago Loop area, and the utilization of a GIS traffic network, traffic counts, traffic signals and the CTA bus service data. This study proposes three sets of indicators for the purpose of evaluation of …
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Modeling and experimental studies of network traffic emissions using a microscopic simulation approach
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, February 2003.
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Microscopic Simulation Model for Mixed Traffic of Connected Automated Vehicles and Conventional Vehicles on Freeways
This study developed mixed-traffic simulation models of connected automated vehicles (CAVs) and manually-driven vehicles (MDVs) at the full-spectrum of mixed penetration rates on a freeway segment by incorporating the car-following and lane-changing models via a conditional linkage to investigate …
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Modeling of traffic signal control and transit signal priority strategies in a microscopic simulation laboratory
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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An examination and confirmation of a macro theory of conversations through a realization of the protologic Lp by microscopic simulation
… distinction. The hypothesis is that a low-level simulation of Lp, that of an internal and microscopic level in which topics are influenced by "forces" that are exerted by the topology of the conceptual space, would, in its activation as a dynamic process of appropriate dimension, produce as a …
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An investigation into the reduction of road safety risk in Cape Town through the use of microscopic simulation modelling : a vehicle-pedestrian and infrastructure interaction assessment
The record of road traffic fatalities in South Africa at around 15,000 per year has continued unabated over the last decade and has led to South African cities consistently featuring at the top of the list of worst known locations for road fatalities around the world. Worryingly, these statistics …
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Integration of micro- and macroscopic models for pedestrian evacuation simulation
Simulation of pedestrian evacuations of smart buildings in emergency is a powerful tool for building analysis, dynamic evacuation planning and real-time response to the evolving state of evacuations. Macroscopic pedestrian models are low-complexity models that are and well suited to algorithmic …
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A Modeling Approach for Evaluating Network Impacts of Operational-Level Transportation Projects
This thesis presents the use of microscopic traffic simulation models to evaluate the effects of operational-level transportation projects such as ITS. A detailed framework outlining the construction and calibration of microscopic simulation models is provided, as well as the considerations that …
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Analysis Of Queue Characteristics At Signalized Intersections Near Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing
… evaluated and compared different currently used microscopic simulation-based methods (i.e. Sim-Traffic and VISSIM) for their adequacy in estimating the queue lengths. After that several comparisons are made between the queue estimation from the simulation-based and other deterministic analytical …
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Evaluation of ramp control algorithms using a microscopic traffic simulation laboratory, MITSIM
… of and confounding effects in field testing, simulation plays an important role in the evaluation of such algorithms. This thesis presents an evaluation study of two ramp metering algorithms: ALINEA and FLOW. ALINEA is a local control algorithm and FLOW is an area wide coordinated algorithm. …
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Tool For Calculating User Delay Cost Associated With Urban Arterial Construction Zone
… monetizing UDC in urban setting using traffic microscopic simulation and Monte-Carlo simulation. Based on this tool, one hour of morning peak construction work on NB Crowchild Bridge created 169.2 hr of vehicles delay with average and 95 percentile UDC equal to $2,199 and $5,653, respectively. …
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Aggregate calibration of microscopic traffic simulation models
The problem of calibration of microscopic simulation models with aggregate data has received significant attention in recent years. But day-to-day variability in inputs such as travel demand has not been considered. In this thesis, a general formulation has been proposed for the problem in the …
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A Comparative Analysis of Weaving Areas in HCM, TRANSIMS, CORSIM, VISSIM and INTEGRATION
Traffic simulation is a powerful tool that provides transportation engineers with the ability to test the feasibility and performance of a system before it is implemented and also helps in optimizing the proposed system. Over the past twenty years significant amount of work has been conducted on …
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Incident-Related Travel Time Estimation Using a Cellular Automata Model
… travel time by previous literature. A microscopic simulation model based on cellular automata was developed to attain the goal. The model incorporated driving behaviors on the freeway with the presence of on-ramps, off-ramps, shoulder lanes, bottlenecks and incidents. The study area was …
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Learning and investigating phenomenological models for active matter
… imaging techniques and particlebased simulation methods have enabled the precise characterization of the collective dynamics in such biological and engineered active systems. In parallel, data-driven algorithms for learning interpretable continuum models have shown promising potential …
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Comparison of Microscopic and Mesoscopic Traffic Modeling Tools for Evacuation Analysis
… processes can be evaluated using different simulation models. However, recently, microscopic simulation models have become a more popular tool for this purpose. The objectives of this study are to model multiple evacuation scenarios and to compare the INTEGRATION microscopic traffic …
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