Simulation of ITS on the Irvine FOT Area Using "Paramics 1.5" Scalable Microscopic Traffic Simulator: Phase I: Model Calibration and Validation

This report presents an effort towards the calibration, validation and evaluation of Paramics 1.5, a microscopic traffic simulator that has been designed for modeling Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Southern California. The study also attempts to compile a list of attributes that a successful traffic simulator should posses in order to model ITS.