Abstract
A personal computer (PC)-based, parallel simulation system for freeway traffic flows is being developed with a network of PCs under the WindowsNT environment. Basic segment types of a freeway were identified and existing macroscopic models were modified for each segment type. The computational cost of each segment type was then determined by performing a complexity analysis based on Pentium-processor PCs. The parallel algorithm first divides the whole section of a given freeway into multiple subsections depending on the number of PC's available in a network and the computational complexity of each subsection. Each subsection traffic flows are simulated in parallel and the data at the internal boundaries between two consecutive subsections are exchanged through a communication function at every time step. The algorithm is currently being tested with a network of Pentium-processor PCs using a 20 mile section of the I-494 freeway in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an example.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 36-42 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
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| State | Published - 1996 |
| Event | 1996 Vehicular Navigation and Information Systems Conference, VNIS 1996 - Orlando, United States Duration: Oct 14 1996 → Oct 18 1996 |
Conference
| Conference | 1996 Vehicular Navigation and Information Systems Conference, VNIS 1996 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Orlando |
| Period | 10/14/96 → 10/18/96 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research is financially supported by the ITS Institute, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota. The Traffic Management Center, Minnesota Department of Transportation has provided the data for this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 1996 IEEE.