Research Article

Cross-Comparison and Calibration of Two Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models for Complex Freeway Corridors with Dedicated Lanes

Table 5

Calibration of freeway flows under RMSE criterion.

Freeway: 5-min flows of SR-99 Northbound

Criterion 3: RMSE

Detector Location
(post-mile)
TargetAIMSUNMOTUS
RMSETarget Met?RMSETarget Met?

287.3RMSPE < 15%2.59%Yes12.54%Yes

287.6RMSPE < 15%13.61%Yes14.46%Yes

289.3RMSPE < 15%11.98%Yes13.10%Yes

289.4RMSPE < 15%11.66%Yes11.96%Yes

290.0RMSPE < 15%9.65%Yes10.19%Yes

290.7RMSPE < 15%11.02%Yes10.41%Yes

291.5RMSPE < 15%15.41%No12.55%Yes

291.9RMSPE < 15%15.97%No13.25%Yes

292.4RMSPE < 15%13.61%Yes11.34%Yes

292.8RMSPE < 15%12.78%Yes11.06%Yes

294.0RMSPE < 15%11.74%Yes9.78%Yes

294.7RMSPE < 15%9.39%Yes9.03%Yes

295.3RMSPE < 15%10.05%Yes8.84%Yes

296.0RMSPE < 15%12.63%Yes8.50%Yes

297.9RMSPE < 15%15.43%No8.63%Yes

298.5RMSPE < 15%15.45%No9.09%Yes

OverallRMSPE < 15%11.99%Yes11.35%Yes