A general formulation for multi-modal dynamic traffic assignment considering multi-class vehicles, public transit and parking

X Pi, W Ma, ZS Qian - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2019 - Elsevier
Travel behavior and travel cost in modern urban transportation systems are impacted by
many aspects including heterogeneous traffic (private cars, freight trucks, buses, etc.) on …

System-optimal dynamic traffic assignment with and without queue spillback: Its path-based formulation and solution via approximate path marginal cost

ZS Qian, W Shen, HM Zhang - Transportation research part B …, 2012 - Elsevier
The knowledge of path marginal cost (PMC) is central to system-optimal dynamic traffic
assignment (SO-DTA) problems. In this paper, we propose a method to approximate PMC in …

Statistical inference of probabilistic origin-destination demand using day-to-day traffic data

W Ma, ZS Qian - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent transportation network studies on uncertainty and reliability call for modeling the
probabilistic OD demand and probabilistic network flow. Making the best use of day-to-day …

Comparative study of simulated annealing, tabu search, and the genetic algorithm for calibration of the microsimulation model

AD Lidbe, AM Hainen, SL Jones - Simulation, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Microsimulation modeling is one of the contemporary techniques that has potential to
perform complex transportation studies faster, safer, and in a less expensive manner …

New methodology for intersection signal timing optimization to simultaneously minimize vehicle and pedestrian delays

AM Roshandeh, HS Levinson, Z Li… - Journal of …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
This study introduces a new methodology for signal timing optimization that is carried out by
adjusting green splits of am peak, pm peak, and rest of the day timing plans for each …

Calibration and field validation of four double-crossover diamond interchanges in VISSIM microsimulation

BJ Schroeder, K Salamati… - Transportation Research …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Calibration and validation results for modeling double-crossover diamond (DCD)
interchanges in a microsimulation environment are presented. The VISSIM simulation tool …

On the variance of recurrent traffic flow for statistical traffic assignment

W Ma, ZS Qian - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper generalizes and extends classical traffic assignment models to characterize the
statistical features of Origin-Destination (OD) demands, link/path flow and link/path costs, all …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical inference of travelers' route choice preferences with system-level data

P Guarda, S Qian - Transportation research part B: methodological, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional network models encapsulate travel behavior among all origin–destination pairs
based on a simplified and generic travelers' utility function. Typically, the utility function …

Path-based system optimal dynamic traffic assignment: A subgradient approach

P Zhang, S Qian - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2020 - Elsevier
The system-optimal dynamic traffic assignment (SO-DTA) problem aims at solving for the
time-dependent link and path flow of a network that yields the minimal total system cost …

On centroid connectors in static traffic assignment: Their effects on flow patterns and how to optimize their selections

ZS Qian, HM Zhang - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate to what extent the results of static traffic assignment (STA) are
influenced by centroid connectors and how to optimize their selections. Three networks are …