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Title:

Methodology for the Calibration of VISSIM in Mixed Traffic
Cover of Methodology for the Calibration of VISSIM in Mixed Traffic

Accession Number:

01477177

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Mixed traffic, characterized by diverse vehicles, changing composition, lack of lane discipline, etc. is best modeled by micro simulation. However, the majority of the leading micro simulation packages and their calibration methodologies have been developed considering less complex homogeneous traffic. Hence, a methodology for calibrating a micro simulation model for mixed traffic is proposed. Driver behavior in mixed traffic is observed and adjustments were made to represent in the simulation. Calibration parameters were identified using multi parameter sensitivity analysis, and the optimum values for these parameters were obtained by minimizing the error between the simulated and field delay using a genetic algorithm. Multiple criteria were included in the optimization formulation by constraint insertion. The proposed methodology is illustrated using VISSIM, a widely used micro simulation software. Signalized intersections with different traffic characteristics from Mumbai are taken as case study.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB45 Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-3677

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Manjunatha, Pruthvi
Vortisch, Peter
Mathew, Tom V

Pagination:

11p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

VISSIM (Computer model)

Geographic Terms:

Mumbai (India)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-3677

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:43PM