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Traffic Analysis Toolbox. Volume III, Guidelines for Applying Traffic Microsimulation Software

Report No.:

FHWA-HRT-04-040

Authors:

Richard Dowling, Alexander Skabardonis, and Vassili Alexiadis

Published:

2006

Washington, DC

United States. Federal Highway Administration

Type:

Hard copy + Online document

1 volume

Online Access:

https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficanalysistools/tat_...

Summary

This report describes a process and acts as guidelines for the recommended use of traffic microsimulation software in transportation analyses. The seven-step process presented in these guidelines highlights the aspects of microsimulation analysis from project start to project completion. The seven steps in the process include: 1) scope project, 2) data collection, 3) base model development, 4) error checking, 5) compare model MOEs to field data (and adjust model parameters), 6) alternatives analysis, and 7) final report. Each step is described in detail and an example problem applying the process is carried through the entire document. The appendices to report contain detailed in information covering areas such as: a) traffic microsimulation fundamentals, b) confidence intervals, c) estimation of simulation initialization period, d) simple search algorithms for calibration, e) hypothesis testing of alternatives, and f) demand constraints. This is the third volume in a series of volumes in the Traffic Analysis Toolbox. The other volumes currently in the Traffic Analysis Toolbox are: Volume I: Traffic Analysis Tools Primer (FHWA-HRT-04-038), Volume II: Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools (FHWA-HRT-04-039)

Publ. Place

Washington, DC

Print Copy

Collection:

SuDoc

Call Number:

FHWA-HRT-04-040

Copies Owned:

Loan Copy

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Topics

Algorithms
Confidence intervals
Data collection
Guidelines
Handbooks
Highway capacity
Hypothesis testing
Microsimulation
Software
Traffic
Traffic simulation

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