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

Table 6

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

MOP (verification)			MOP (calibration)
			travel time	queue length	Headway distribution	Safety MOP	Headway & travel time
Safety Measures	crossing conflict	Counts	46%	48%	34%	26%	35%
		Average TTC	38%	42%	23%	35%	29%
		Average PET	35%	40%	27%	38%	32%
	rear-end conflict	Counts	25%	33%	39%	20%	27%
		Average TTC	30%	35%	31%	39%	25%
		Average PET	27%	38%	26%	43%	26%
	lane change conflict	Counts	34%	43%	37%	35%	34%
		Average TTC	30%	47%	39%	51%	33%
		Average PET	31%	52%	42%	55%	31%
Effective Measures	Average Travel Time		19%	24%	25%	32%	18%
	Average Queue Length		26%	20%	31%	40%	24%
	Headway Distribution		17%	25%	13%	44%	14%