Efforts to address operational issues in transportation have been the focus of many research
efforts. A number of these efforts were geared toward developing microscopic traffic …

For many decades efforts have been made to solve transportation problems. A number of
research efforts have been geared toward developing accurate traffic simulation models …

This study proposes a methodology to calibrate simulation-based microscopic traffic flow
simulation models. This methodology has the capability to calibrate simultaneously all the …

The past few years have seen a rapid evolution in the sophistication of traffic
microsimulation models and a consequent major expansion of their use in transportation …

A mathematical framework and a solution approach are presented for the simultaneous
calibration of the demand and supply parameters and inputs to microscopic traffic simulation …

ABSTRACT 1 Microscopic traffic simulation models are considered to be valuable and
powerful tools for 2 analyzing traffic operations in a wide range of planning and modeling …

Validating microscopic traffic simulation models incorporates several challenges because of
the inadequacy and rareness of validation data, and the complexity of the car following and …

Modeling processes and model testing processes are discussed as parts of the model life
cycle, and the tasks of these processes and their relations are highlighted. Of particular …

Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Turkey eal-world data are the essential elements in the
validation and calibration of microscopic traffic simulation models. Availability, accuracy and …

Several methodological issues in setting up a calibration process for traffic microsimulation
models are still unresolved. The influence of individual parameters of microscopic models …