Title :
Validity of microscopic modelling of motorway traffic
Author :
Brackstone, M. ; McDonald, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil Eng., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Developments have recently been made in increasing the quality of data available for the calibration of microscopic simulation models, and several techniques devised for high accuracy collection. Little consideration has been given however to the acceptability of the microscopic models themselves. This paper describes the broad features of car following models in current use, their data requirements and above all, examine the pertinence of current validation techniques to the processes under examination and their intended uses.
Keywords :
digital simulation; road traffic; simulation; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; acceptability; calibration; car following models; collision avoidance model; microscopic modelling; motorway traffic; simulation models; validity; Acceleration; Calibration; Civil engineering; Costs; Decision making; Intelligent vehicles; Microscopy; Road safety; Traffic control; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles '94 Symposium, Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2135-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.1994.639581