Abstract
This study assesses feasibility aspects of using a real-time data-driven transportation simulation model to evaluate and visualize network performance indices to provide dynamic operational feedback in a real world environment, in a big data context. A hybrid traffic simulation model, consisting of a mix of preset and real-time data-driven intersections, is developed. The hybrid model represents a traffic corridor partially equipped with smart devices generating high velocity, high volume datasets with limited shelf-life. The model used in this study emulates seventeen consecutive intersections on a corridor. Signal controls and vehicle volumes at two of the intersections are driven by real-time data while the remaining intersections are driven by preset data. An optimized architecture is developed to enable control of the signals and the vehicle volumes using real-time data from in-field detectors, and real-time processing of the vehicle trajectories from the simulation output to generate travel-time, energy, and emissions performance indices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | WSC 2018 - 2018 Winter Simulation Conference |
| Subtitle of host publication | Simulation for a Noble Cause |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 857-868 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538665725 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2018 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2018 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: Dec 9 2018 → Dec 12 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference |
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| Volume | 2018-December |
| ISSN (Print) | 0891-7736 |
Conference
| Conference | 2018 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | Sweden |
| City | Gothenburg |
| Period | 12/9/18 → 12/12/18 |
Funding
The research work presented here is sponsored in part by the Renew Atlanta Program, City of Atlanta, Georgia, USA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Award FA9550-17-1-022. Opinions expressed here are of the authors and not necessarily of the sponsors.