By Edward Chung, Andre-Gilles Dumont
In contemporary years, the delivery simulation of huge highway networks has turn into way more quick and precise, and plenty of fascinating advancements during this box have emerged. Within this quantity, the authors describe the simulation of motor vehicle, pedestrian, and rail site visitors coupled to new purposes, corresponding to the embedding of site visitors simulation into using simulators, to provide a extra real looking atmosphere of driver behavior surrounding the topic automobile. New ways to traffic simulation are defined, together with the hybrid mesoscopic-microscopic version and floor-field agent-based simulation. Written by way of an invited panel of specialists, this book addresses scholars, engineers, and students, in addition to an individual who wishes a state of the art evaluation of shipping simulation at the present time.
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2009, First edition, EPFL Press 20 The Role of Macroscopic Modelling (a) 7000 Camera 8 Camera 6 Camera 2 Flow measurements [veh/h] 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 0:00 AM (b) 6:00 AM 12:00 AM 12:00 PM 200 Camera 8 Camera 6 Camera 2 180 Speed measurements [km/h] 6:00 PM 160 140 120 100 80 60 0:00 AM 6:00 AM 12:00 AM 6:00 PM 12:00 PM Fig. 12 (a) Flow measurements; and (b) mean speed measurements during a snowstorm. speed measurements during this time period were even lower than those during the afternoon peak period.
This also means that the representation of the alternative paths © 2009, First edition, EPFL Press Hybrid modeling framework 29 needs to be consistent throughout the hybrid model, as do the travel times (link costs). ● Consistency of traffic dynamics at meso-micro boundaries. Besides the consistency of network representation, the consistency of traffic dynamics at the boundaries between the meso- and micro-submodels needs to be ensured. In other words, the traffic dynamics upstream and downstream of the boundaries must be consistent.
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