Research Article

Analyzing the Diverging Diamond Interchange Using Discrete Event Simulation

Table 1

Input data for Baseline Run1.

Time between arrivals of vehiclesValue

From W or E15 sec
From N or S10 sec

Vehicle routing

From W to W or E to E5%
From W to S or E to N50%
From S to E or S to W25%
From N to W or N to E25%
Minimum time traffic light green90 sec
Minimum time before traffic light changes30 sec
Minimum number of cars waiting before traffic light changes10 cars

ActivityTime Capacity

Vehicles enter from S (4,5,6) sec10
Vehicles move to Light1 (4,5,6) sec20
Vehicles move through Light1 (5,6,7) sec2
Vehicles move to Light2 (4,5,6) sec20
Vehicles move through Light2 (5,6,7) sec2
Vehicles exit N (4,5,6) sec10
Vehicles enter from W (4,5,6) sec10
Vehicles from W move to Light2 (4,5,6) sec20
Vehicles enter from N (4,5,6) sec10
Vehicles move to Light3 (4,5,6) sec20
Vehicles move through Light3 (5,6,7) sec2
Vehicles move to Light3 (4,5,6) sec20
Vehicles move through Light4 (5,6,7) sec2
Vehicles exit S (4,5,6) sec10
Vehicles enter from E (4,5,6) sec10
Vehicles from E move to Light4 (4,5,6) sec20