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Apr 26, 2012
Using VISSIM to Calculate the Capacity of Urban Expressway Interchange
Authors: X. Zang [email protected] and School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China and W. Zhou [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: ICCTP 2009: Critical Issues In Transportation Systems Planning, Development, and Management
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Traffic flow at urban expressway interchanges is unique, and researchers have used the VISSIM simulation model to calculate the capacity of such interchanges. In this paper, in order to calibrate and validate VISSIM, the measures of effectiveness (MOE) are put forward, the confidence intervals of parameters chosen in the VISSIM are calculated, and then the factors in the interval are fine tuned to meet the accuracy of MOE, which is the percentage of error between the simulated and observed values. At last, the capacity of an urban expressway interchange in Guangzhou is calculated based on the proposed method. The validation results show that the approach to calibration and validation is feasible.
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X. Zang [email protected] and School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
Beijing Key Lab of Traffic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100022, China. E-mail: [email protected] and School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Communications, Beijing, 100088, China. E-mail: [email protected]
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