Macroscopic simulation of traffic flows in complex freeway segments on a personal computer

Author

Kwon, Eil ; Michalopoulos, Panos

Author_Institution

ITS Inst., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Jul-2Aug 1995

Firstpage

342

Lastpage

345

Abstract

A personal-computer based, macroscopic freeway simulation model, called KRONOS, is presented. KRONOS employs the simple continuum modeling approach and explicitly models the interrupted road traffic flow behavior such as merging, diverging and weaving. The coupling effects of ramps on the main freeway are considered in determining actual amount of flows entering/exiting freeways. The current version can handle up to a 32 km (20 miles) freeway section with 8 lanes

Keywords

control system analysis computing; microcomputer applications; road traffic; software packages; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; 20 mile; 32 km; KRONOS; complex freeway segments; control simulation; coupling effects; diverging; explicit modelling; interrupted road traffic flow; macroscopic simulation; merging; personal computer; ramps; road traffic management; simple continuum modeling approach; weaving; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Geometry; Merging; Microcomputers; Performance evaluation; Traffic control; Transportation; Weaving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1995. Proceedings. In conjunction with the Pacific Rim TransTech Conference. 6th International VNIS. 'A Ride into the Future'

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2587-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VNIS.1995.518859

Filename

518859