Calibration of microscopic traffic flow models against time-series data

M Montanino, B Ciuffo, V Punzo - 2012 15th International IEEE …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the field of traffic simulation, the calibration of uncertain inputs against real data is usually
taken to cover the epistemic uncertainty regarding the un-modeled details of the phenomena …

Goodness of fit function in the frequency domain for robust calibration of microscopic traffic flow models

V Punzo, M Montanino, B Ciuffo - 92nd TRB Annual meeting …, 2012 - iris.unina.it
In the field of traffic simulation, the calibration of uncertain inputs against real data is usually
taken to cover both the epistemic uncertainty regarding the un-modeled details of the …

Do we really need to calibrate all the parameters? Variance-based sensitivity analysis to simplify microscopic traffic flow models

V Punzo, M Montanino, B Ciuffo - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated calibration of microscopic traffic flow models is all but simple for a number of
reasons, including the computational complexity of black-box optimization and the …

“No free lunch” theorems applied to the calibration of traffic simulation models

B Ciuffo, V Punzo - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In 1997, Wolpert and Macready derived “No free lunch theorems for optimization.” They
basically state that “the expected performance of any pair of optimization algorithms across …

Calibration of microscopic traffic-flow models using multiple data sources

S Hoogendoorn… - … Transactions of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parameter identification of microscopic driving models is a difficult task. This is caused by
the fact that parameters—such as reaction time, sensitivity to stimuli, etc.—are generally not …

Calibration of microscopic traffic simulation models with aggregate data

T Toledo, ME Ben-Akiva, D Darda… - Transportation …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
A framework for the calibration of microscopic traffic simulation models using aggregate data
is presented. The framework takes into account the interactions between the various inputs …

Online calibration for microscopic traffic simulation and dynamic multi-step prediction of traffic speed

V Papathanasopoulou, I Markou, C Antoniou - Transportation research part …, 2016 - Elsevier
Simulating driving behavior in high accuracy allows short-term prediction of traffic
parameters, such as speeds and travel times, which are basic components of Advanced …

Comparison of simulation-based and model-based calibrations of traffic-flow microsimulation models

B Ciuffo, V Punzo, V Torrieri - Transportation Research …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Parameter calibration of traffic microsimulation models usually takes the form of a simulation-
based optimization problem, that is, an optimization in which every objective function …

A global optimization algorithm for trajectory data based car-following model calibration

L Li, XM Chen, L Zhang - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2016 - Elsevier
How to calibrate the parameters of car-following models based on observed traffic data is a
vital problem in traffic simulation. Usually, the core of calibration is cast into an optimization …

Hybrid calibration of microscopic simulation models

L Vasconcelos, Á Seco, AB Silva - Computer-based Modelling and …, 2014 - Springer
This chapter presents a procedure to calibrate the Gipps car-following model based on
macroscopic data. The proposed method extends previous approaches in order to account …