Fundamentals of System Simulation

Papadimitriou, Georgios I.; Sadoun, Balqies; Papazoglou, Chrisoula

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9218-5_2

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“…The time spent at standstill in traffic expends fuel, multiplies emissions, deteriorates the environment and harms the overall quality of lives of citizens. City and regional planners and engineers have been working hard to improve the efficiency of transportation systems and optimize their operation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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“…Each analytic analysis for cycle length and green time determination needs the phase plan to be described properly. Hence, the development of a phase plan entails more specialized reasoning than establishing the timing plan [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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“…Transient removal is the process of identifying the end of the transient state. The major problem in transient removal is (2) proper initialization1 (3) truncation1 (4) initial data deletion1 (5) moving average of independent replications1 and (6) batch means [3,14]. In our work, we used the truncation scheme to remove transient results.…”

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On the Simulation of Traffic Signals Operation

Sadoun

2008

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Traffic lights are available in almost all cities and towns worldwide. They solve many traffic congestion problems, save numerous human lives and avoid frequent automobile accidents. Optimizing the operation of traffic light systems in roads is essential for any city's economy, safety and environment. Simulation technology is probably the best tool to analyze and optimize the operation and design of traffic light systems. The increasing use of automobiles in cities has lead city administrators and local governments to install traffic lights and detectors in large quantities in order to avoid accidents and optimize the movement of automobiles and humans. Although signalization can solve traffic conflicts at the intersections, it causes stoppage. The chief objective of optimal traffic control is to improve system mobility and throughput at reduced delays. Delays and stops are not only irritating and pricey to drivers and passengers, but they also add to air contamination and energy use. In this paper, we analyze and demonstrate how the timings of a traffic light system are calculated in order to determine the optimum and proper timings needed to optimize traffic flow.

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