🖥📔 Diario Traffic Simulation Models

📆 21-02-2025 - Fri

• Professor presentation
• Students presentation
  Course introduction.

📝 Theory

00 - Course introduction - TSM

• What is simulation?
• What is a model?
• What is traffic simulation?
• What is a traffic simulation model?
• Definition of simulation and model
• Difference between Traffic Simulation and Traffic Simulation model

01 - Introduction to the traffic simulation models - TSM

• Simulation definition
• Why do we simulate
• What's needed to run a simulation
• How to model demand
  • OD matrix
  • Centroids
• Macro vs meso vs micro

📆 28-02-2025 - Fri

📝 Theory

01 - Introduction to the traffic simulation models - TSM

• Dynamic Traffic Assignment
• Dynamic Network Loading

Presentation of some projects that can be solved through the help of Aimsun.

📆 07-03-2025 - Fri

📝 Theory

02 - Dynamic Network Loading - TSM

• Definitions
• Models classification
  • Classic classification
  • Astarita classification
• Microscopic models classification:
  • Time continuous models
  • Cellular automation models
  • Iterated coupled maps models

📆 14-03-2025 - Fri

📝 Theory

03 - Car following models - TSM

• Definition
• Follower and leader
• General Motors models
  • 1st gen
  • 3rd gen
    • Prove equivalence with Greenberg
  • 5th gen
• 3-car following models
• Collision Avoidance (or Safety Distance) models
  • Pipes
  • Gipps

✏️ Projects

Assigned paper to read and explain to class.

📆 25-04-2025 - Fri

📝 Theory

✏️ Projects

📆 09-05-2025 - Fri

📝 Theory

04 - Dynamic Traffic Assignment - TSM

• Wardrorps dynamic equilibrium principle
• Dynamic Traffic Assignment structure
  • k-static shortest path
  • Time dependent shortest path - Chabini algorithm
  • Stopping criteria
  • Path Flow Reassignment
    • Preventive
    • Reactive

📆 16-05-2025 - Fri

📝 Theory

04 - Dynamic Traffic Assignment - TSM

• Route Choice Models

✏️ Projects