The Parallel Microscopic Traffic Simulator for Congestion Management PARAMICS-CM behavioural model.

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McArthur, D.
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Abstract

The PARAMICS project has successfully demonstrated the application of discrete event simulation at a microscopic level to large road networks using parallel computers. The movement of some 200,000 vehicles on a 6000 link network can be simulated in multiple real time using a CRAY T3D with 256 processors. The PARAMICS-CM project now attempts to model advanced driver information systems installed over a wide area and the plausible behavioural response of drivers to certain Advanced Transport Telematics (ATT) devices. The paper introduces a number of simple data types which may be used to represent the information flowing between drivers and ATT devices. Behavioural response of drivers to such information is such information is modelled using a formal rule language. Such rules may be invoked during the simulation to determine new routes for individual vehicles. Examples of rules used with the PARAMICS-CM simulator are presented and the parallel routeing algorithm developed for the project is described.

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C 5966 (In: C 5948) /71 / IRRD 877059
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In: Transportation planning methods : proceedings of seminar E (P392) held at the 23th PTRC European Transport Forum, University of Warwick, England, September 11-15, 1995, p. 219-231, 8 ref.

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