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Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulator VISSIM

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After two decades of academic research the microscopic, behavior-based multi-purpose traffic flow simulator VISSIM had been introduced in 1994 to analyze and optimize traffic flows. It offers a wide variety of urban and highway applications, integrating public and private transportation. A large part of this chapter is devoted to modeling principles of VISSIM, core traffic flow models consisting of longitudinal and lateral movements of vehicles on multilane streets, a conflict resolution model at areas with overlapping trajectories, dynamic assignment and the social force model applied to pedestrians. Techniques to calibrate the core traffic flow models are discussed briefly.

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Fellendorf, M., Vortisch, P. (2010). Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulator VISSIM. In: Barceló, J. (eds) Fundamentals of Traffic Simulation. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 145. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6142-6_2

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