Title :
A multi-purpose toll collection plaza model
Author :
Junga, Andrew J.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Syst. Modeling Ltd., Anderson, IN, USA
Abstract :
A recent application of automatic vehicle identification (AVI) technology enables traffic to flow through a toll collection plaza in a more expedient manner. Simulation is used by the AVI vendor as a means to better engineering controller equipment and to optimize the hardware/software combinations required for a given plaza. Simulation coupled with animation can be used by the AVI vendor as an instrument to show potential customers advantages to using AVI technology. The process involved in creating a generic toll plaza modeling package customized to meet the needs of the AVI engineering staff is described. Also provided is a basis for demonstrating the use of discrete-event simulation in a vehicular traffic environment. The capabilities to be obtained by integrating several software packages, such as a programming language and a spreadsheet, into a dedicated single-purpose modeling tool are illustrated
Keywords :
administrative data processing; discrete event simulation; traffic computer control; AVI vendor; animation; automatic vehicle identification; controller equipment; discrete-event simulation; multi-purpose toll collection plaza model; potential customers; programming language; spreadsheet; vehicular traffic environment; Animation; Application software; Automatic control; Automotive engineering; Discrete event simulation; Hardware; Instruments; Packaging machines; Traffic control; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 1990. Proceedings., Winter
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-911801-72-3
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1990.129615
