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A framework for new generation transportation simulation

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Daiheng NiAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '06: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation

Pages 1508 - 1514

Published: 03 December 2006 Publication History

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This paper discussed the evolution and future trend of simulation in general domain and in transportation. Some challenges facing transportation modeling and simulation were identified. As an effort to address these challenges, a framework of new generation transportation simulation was developed. The framework is envisioned to be multi-scale in resolution, parallel in execution, and driven by objects. The paper further discussed strategies of transportation simulation at a nanoscopic level which offers a level of modeling detail beyond the state-of-the-art.

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Tien SBodoh DGao HDeArmon J(2017)Building an integrated simulation environment for modeling traffic management interactionsProceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3242181.3242404(1-13)Online publication date: 3-Dec-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3242181.3242404
Wall THunter MRodgers MWainer GMosterman P(2012)A method to federate a discrete event-based logistics simulator and a discrete time step-based traffic microsimulatorProceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation - DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium10.5555/2346616.2346617(1-7)Online publication date: 26-Mar-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2346616.2346617
Ni DYücesan E(2010)A spectrum of traffic flow modeling at multiple scalesProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433572(554-566)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2433508.2433572

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WSC '06: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation

December 2006

2429 pages

ISBN:1424405017

Editors:
L. Felipe Perrone
Bucknell University
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Barry G. Lawson
University of Richmond
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Jason Liu
Colorado School of Mines
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Frederick P. Wieland
Sensis Corporation
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David Nicol
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Richard Fujimoto
College of Computing, Georgia Tech

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NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Tien SBodoh DGao HDeArmon J(2017)Building an integrated simulation environment for modeling traffic management interactionsProceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3242181.3242404(1-13)Online publication date: 3-Dec-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3242181.3242404
Wall THunter MRodgers MWainer GMosterman P(2012)A method to federate a discrete event-based logistics simulator and a discrete time step-based traffic microsimulatorProceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation - DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium10.5555/2346616.2346617(1-7)Online publication date: 26-Mar-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2346616.2346617
Ni DYücesan E(2010)A spectrum of traffic flow modeling at multiple scalesProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433572(554-566)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2433508.2433572

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