A comparison of microscopic traffic flow simulation systems for an urban area

The paper compares the results of an application of three selected systems (TRANSIMS, SUMO, and VISSIM) to the microscopic simulation of traffic flow for a fragment of a real urban road network. First, the problem of traffic flow modeling and simulation was described, and the selected systems were i...

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Main Author: Michał MACIEJEWSKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Silesian University of Technology 2010-01-01
Series:Transport Problems
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Online Access:http://transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2010/zeszyt4/2010t5z4_04.pdf
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Summary:The paper compares the results of an application of three selected systems (TRANSIMS, SUMO, and VISSIM) to the microscopic simulation of traffic flow for a fragment of a real urban road network. First, the problem of traffic flow modeling and simulation was described, and the selected systems were introduced. Afterwards, model construction and simulation were presented. The authors discussed an issue of model calibration, and then conducted a comparative result analysis for the three systems, with a reference to the real traffic. The paper ends with a summary of the conducted research.
ISSN:1896-0596