A new approach is proposed to calibrate and validate the most critical components of a dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model: dynamic route choice and flow propagation. By presenting approximate joint probability distribution functions of the temporal link traffic flows on a network, it is possible to derive the likelihood functions for estimating dynamic route choice and actual flow propagation. This approach also enables statistical tests to be performed for validation of DTA models. Both procedures are presented with a small numerical example and a larger network. These examples also indicate that it is possible to calibrate and validate a DTA model with detection errors and incomplete data, especially when real-time traffic counts are available on only a few links in the network.


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    Title :

    Calibration and Validation of a Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:
    He, Rachel R. (author) / Ran, Bin (author)


    Publication date :

    2000-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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