A REAL-TIME NETWORK TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODEL FOR ATMS APPLICATIONS

This paper presents a traffic network simulation model for real-time applications in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS). The proposed model has incorporated three key features essential for IVHS operations: 1) the capability of simulating both freeways and surface street networks as an integrated network; 2) a path-processing capability for representing drivers' route choice behavior at an individual/vehicle level; and 3) the capability of simulating different subnetworks at different levels of details so as to increase the execution speed for real-time operations.