Development of Hardware in the Loop Simulation and Paramics/VS-PLUS Integration

This report describes a project which explored several different methods of increasing the accuracy and performance of traffic control system simulation as well as using simulation for optimizing traffic control systems. The methods that were examined include: 1) Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (HiLS), 2) the use of plug-in traffic signal controller modules, and, 3) the use of VS-PLUS traffic signal controller software, providing software emulation of the traffic signal controller that is based on the actual code running in the controller.