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2019 VERSION: Volume III: Guidelines for Applying Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Software 2019 Update to the 2004 Version


2004 Version - List of Figures

Figure 1. Microsimulation model development and application process.

Figure 2. Prototypical microsimulation analysis task sequence.

Figure 3. Example problem study network.

Figure 4. Example of link-node diagram.

Figure 5. Link-node diagram for example problem.

Figure 6. Checking intersection geometry, phasing, and detectors.

Figure 7. Minimization of MSE.

Figure 8. Impact of mean queue discharge headway on MSE of modeled saturation flow.

Figure 9. Average speed by minute of simulation (three links): Before calibration.

Figure 10. Average speed by minute (three links): After calibration.

Figure 11. Computation of uncaptured residual delay at the end of the simulation period.

Figure 12. Ramp meter geometry.

Figure 13. Generation of driver characteristics.

Figure 14. Variation in the results between repetitions.

Figure 15. Illustration of warmup period.

Figure 16. Golden Section Method.

Figure 17. Example contour plot of the squared error.

Figure 18. Dual-objective, dual-parameter search.

Figure 19. Bottleneck, gateway, and study area.

Figure 20. Example proportional reduction of demand for capacity constraint.

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