PTV Vissim

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PTV Vissim
Basic data

developer PTV Planning Transport Verkehr AG
Current  version PTV Vissim 11
operating system Microsoft Windows
category Multi-modal traffic simulation
License License agreement
German speaking Yes
https://www.ptvgroup.com/de/loesungen/produkte/vissim/

PTV Vissim is a microscopic, multi-modal traffic flow - simulation software . The manufacturer is PTV Planning Transport Verkehr AG in Karlsruhe . The development of PTV Vissim began in 1992. Today PTV Vissim is the most widely used multi-modal microscopic traffic simulation worldwide. The name “Vissim” is an acronym for “Traffic In Cities - SimulationsModell”.

Microscopic simulation

"Microscopic simulation" - sometimes also microsimulation - means that in the simulation each functional unit (car, tram, pedestrian) of reality has an individual counterpart, whereby the underlying simulation model must take all relevant properties into account. All interactions between the functional units are also calculated individually. The counterpart to microscopic simulation would be a macroscopic simulation ( macro simulation ), in which reality - similar to thermodynamics - is represented by averaged quantities of flow and density . The corresponding product from the same manufacturer is called PTV Visum .

Multi-modality

“Multi-modal simulation” describes the ability of a traffic simulation to simulate more than one type of traffic. All of these different ways can interact. The following types of traffic can be simulated in PTV Vissim:

Compare: mode of transport , means of transport , list of means of transport .

Areas of application

The scope of PTV Vissim ranging from traffic planning , the traffic engineering , the signal control , the public transport , the urban planning , on the fire protection , evacuation simulations , through to visualization , computer animation , for purely illustrative purposes.

The first applications in the mid-1990s were limited to simulating individual crossings. The aim was mostly to check the traffic light system control ( traffic light programming ), i.e. a traffic-related application.

As the increasing power of computers allowed, the size of the simulated transport networks grew. When simulating several neighboring intersections, it is thus possible to take into account and evaluate the particularly disadvantageous effects of backwater from one intersection to another or more far-reaching effects of the introduction of roundabouts .

Scientific basis

The traffic model on which the movement of vehicles is based was developed in 1974 by Rainer Wiedemann at the University of Karlsruhe . It is a vehicle following model that takes into account the physical and psychological aspects of the driver.

The social force model by Dirk Helbing et al. Is behind the dynamics of pedestrians . from 1995.

literature

  • R. Wiedemann: Simulation of the road traffic flow. In: IfV series of publications , 8, 1974. Institute for Transport. University of Karlsruhe.
  • R. Wiedemann: Modeling of RTI-Elements on multi-lane roads. In: Advanced Telematics in Road Transport Ed. By Commission of the European Community, DG XIII, Brussels, 1991.
  • M. Fellendorf: VISSIM: A microscopic simulation tool to evaluate actuated signal control including bus priority. In: 64th ITE Annual Meeting. 1994.
  • D. Helbing and P. Molnar: Social force model for pedestrian dynamics. In: Phys. Rev. E. 51. 1995, 4282-4286, 1995.
  • L. Bloomberg and J. Dale: Comparison of VISSIM and CORSIM Traffic Simulation Models on a Congested Network. In: Transportation Research Record. 1727: 52-60, 2000.
  • D. Helbing, I. Farkas and T. Vicsek: Simulating dynamical features of escape panic. In: Nature. , 407: 487-490,2000.
  • M. Fellendorf and P. Vortisch: Validation of the microscopic traffic flow model VISSIM in different real-world situations. In: Transportation Research Board. 2001
  • D. Helbing, IJ Farkas, P. Molnar and T. Vicsek: Simulation of Pedestrian Crowds in Normal and Evacuation Situations. In: Schreckenberg and Sharma (eds.): Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics. Duisburg, 2002. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
  • BB Park and JD Schneeberger: Microscopic Simulation Model Calibration and Validation: Case Study of VISSIM Simulation Model for a Coordinated Actuated Signal System . In: Transportation Research Record. 1856: 185-192, 2003.
  • T. Werner and D. Helbing: The Social Force Pedestrian Model Applied to Real Life Scenarios. In: E. Galea (Ed.): Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics: 2nd International Conference , Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, London, 2003. CMS Press.
  • G. Gomes, A. May and R. Horowitz: Congested Freeway Microsimulation Model Using VISSIM. In: Transportation Research Record 1876: 71-81, 2004.
  • C. Lochert, A. Barthels, A. Cervantes, M. Mauve and M. Caliskan: Multiple simulator interlinking environment for IVC. In: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Vehicular ad hoc networks , p. 87, 2005.
  • KYK Leung, T.-S. Dao, CM Clark and JP Huissoon: Development of a microscopic traffic simulator for inter-vehicle communication application research. In: Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference 1286–1291, 2006.
  • M. Caliskan, D. Graupner and M. Mauve: Decentralized discovery of free parking places In: Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Vehicular ad hoc networks p. 39ff, 2006.
  • MM Ishaque and RB Noland: Trade-offs between vehicular and pedestrian traffic using micro-simulation methods. In: Transport Policy. 14 (2). 2007: 124-138.
  • W. Burghout, J. Wahlstedt: Hybrid Traffic Simulation with Adaptive Signal Control. In: Transportation Research Record. 1999: 191-197, 2007.
  • A. Johansson, D. Helbing and PK Shukla: Specification of the Social Force Pedestrian Model by Evolutionary Adjustment to Video Tracking Data. In: Advances in Complex Systems 10 (4). 2007, 271-288.
  • M. Killat, F. Schmidt-Eisenlohr, H. Hartenstein, C. Rössel, P. Vortisch, S. Assenmacher and F. Busch: Enabling efficient and accurate large-scale simulations of VANETs for vehicular traffic management. In: Proceedings of the fourth ACM international workshop on Vehicular ad hoc networks , p. 38, 2007.
  • H. Kuhlmey: Calibration and validation of a microscopic simulation program using signaled urban nodes. In: Diploma thesis at the Institute for Transport Planning and Road Traffic. TU Dresden, 2012.

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