Title: SIMULATION METHOD BERSIM AND ITS APPLICATION POSSIBILITIES FOR ROAD TRAFFIC
Abstract:THE SIMULATION METHOD BERSIM, WHICH ALLOWS THE TREATMENT OF DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODELS WHICH HAVE TIME-DEPENDENT TRAFFIC AND SIGNAL LOADS, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AT THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT ...THE SIMULATION METHOD BERSIM, WHICH ALLOWS THE TREATMENT OF DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODELS WHICH HAVE TIME-DEPENDENT TRAFFIC AND SIGNAL LOADS, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AT THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BERNE. IT IS BASED ON SEVEN MODULES, THUS ALLOWING NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS. THE 7 MODULES SIMULATE THE ARRIVING STREAM OF TRAFFIC, DIVERGING TRAFFIC, SPECIAL SWITCH (TO SIMULATE THE SITUATION WHERE THE DRIVER CHOOSES AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE SO AS TO AVOID AN OVERLOADED ROAD SECTION), MERGING TRAFFIC, QUEUEING AREA OCCUPANCY, TEMPORARILY STOPPED TRAFFIC, AND DELAYS. VARIOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS CAN BE STUDIED, E.G. ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS WITH AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION OF THE SIGNAL TIMES TO THE MOMENTARY TRAFFIC SITUATION. RANDOM TRAFFIC FLOW FLUCTUATION CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SINCE INPUT AND RESULTS ARE POSSIBLE IN FORM OF PROBABILITY DATA. IT IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE TO STIMULATE TRAFFIC PERFORMANCES WHERE THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS NOT ONLY CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS BUT ALSO BY PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS, PARKING PLACE EXITS, POLICEMEN, ETC.Read More
Publication Year: 1971
Publication Date: 1971-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
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