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Fundamentals of Traffic Simulation

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Jaume Barceló

    1. Dept. Statistics & Operations Research, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  • Provides the first book-length treatment of traffic simulation.
  • Brings the field completely up to date.
  • Covers microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic traffic modeling.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 145)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Models, Traffic Models, Simulation, and Traffic Simulation

    • Jaume Barceló
    Pages 1-62

  3. Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulator VISSIM

    • Martin Fellendorf, Peter Vortisch
    Pages 63-93

  4. Traffic Simulation with AVENUE

    • Masao Kuwahara, Ryota Horiguchi, Hisatomo Hanabusa
    Pages 95-129

  5. Traffic Simulation with Paramics

    • Pete Sykes
    Pages 131-171

  6. Traffic Simulation with Aimsun

    • Jordi Casas, Jaime L. Ferrer, David Garcia, Josep Perarnau, Alex Torday
    Pages 173-232

  7. Traffic Simulation with MITSIMLab

    • Moshe Ben-Akiva, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Tomer Toledo, Qi Yang, Charisma F. Choudhury, Constantinos Antoniou et al.
    Pages 233-268

  8. Traffic Simulation with SUMO – Simulation of Urban Mobility

    • Daniel Krajzewicz
    Pages 269-293

  9. Traffic Simulation with DRACULA

    • Ronghui Liu
    Pages 295-322

  10. Traffic Simulation with Dynameq

    • Michael Mahut, Michael Florian
    Pages 323-361

  11. Traffic Simulation with DynaMIT

    • Moshe Ben-Akiva, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Constantinos Antoniou, Ramachandran Balakrishna
    Pages 363-398

  12. Traffic Simulation with METANET

    • Markos Papageorgiou, Ioannis Papamichail, Albert Messmer, Yibing Wang
    Pages 399-430

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 431-440
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The increasing power of computer technologies, the evolution of software en- neering and the advent of the intelligent transport systems has prompted traf c simulation to become one of the most used approaches for traf c analysis in s- port of the design and evaluation of traf c systems. The ability of traf c simulation to emulate the time variability of traf c phenomena makes it a unique tool for capturing the complexity of traf c systems. In recent years, traf c simulation – and namely microscopic traf c simulation – has moved from the academic to the professional world. A wide variety of traf- c simulation software is currently available on the market and it is utilized by thousands of users, consultants, researchers and public agencies. Microscopic traf c simulation based on the emulation of traf c ows from the dynamics of individual vehicles is becoming one the most attractive approaches. However, traf c simulation still lacks a uni ed treatment. Dozens of papers on theory and applications are published in scienti c journals every year. A search of simulation-related papers and workshops through the proceedings of the last annual TRB meetings would support this assertion, as would a review of the minutes from speci cally dedicated meetings such as the International Symposiums on Traf c Simulation (Yokohama, 2002; Lausanne, 2006; Brisbane, 2008) or the International Workshops on Traf c Modeling and Simulation (Tucson, 2001; Barcelona, 2003; Sedona, 2005; Graz 2008). Yet, the only comprehensive treatment of the subject to be found so far is in the user’s manuals of various software products.

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From the reviews:

“This book presents a comprehensive review of some of the most popular traffic simulation packages used in practice and in academia around the world. … an impressive collection and review of existing traffic simulation packages. … a valuable resource for transport researchers in both academic and industrial sectors. … the book attractive to readers from both the academic and the industrial sectors. … In conclusion, this book is an outstanding review of traffic simulation … .” (Andy Chow, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 38, 2011)

“Fundamentals of Traffic Simulation presents the state of the art in traffic simulation in a useful and practical manner. … This book will be useful for practitioners, students, and researchers. … can serve as an introduction to traffic simulation, as a vehicle for selecting among the various tools, and as a comprehensive guide to current traffic simulation tools. A copy should be present in the libraries of every university’s civil engineering department and of every traffic consultancy team.” (Christine Buisson, Interfaces, Vol. 42 (5), September-October, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Statistics & Operations Research, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Jaume Barceló

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