On the Effects of Various Measures of Performance Selections on Simulation Model Calibration Performance

Table 4

The verification of model calibration performance for testing site (in MAPE).

MOP (verification)			MOP (calibration)
			travel time	queue length	Headway distribution	Safety MOP	Headway & travel time
Safety Measures	crossing conflict	Counts	44%	56%	34%	29%	31%
		Average TTC	42%	58%	18%	33%	27%
		Average PET	34%	41%	23%	37%	21%
	rear-end conflict	Counts	24.2%	30%	34%	21.4%	23%
		Average TTC	33%	41%	39%	42%	15%
		Average PET	27%	45%	36%	48%	22%
	lane change conflict	Counts	34%	58%	54%	47%	38%
		Average TTC	32%	60%	58%	65%	26%
		Average PET	37%	65%	62%	59%	34%
Effective Measures	Average Travel Time		17%	25%	24%	38%	17%
	Average Queue Length		29%	19%	33%	48%	24%
	Headway Distribution		20%	22%	11%	41%	16%