Research Article

Improving Precision and Reducing Runtime of Microscopic Traffic Simulators through Stratified Sampling

Table 2

Coefficient of variation of estimators of network performance under SRS, LHS1 and LHS2, and AV1 and AV2.

Network Coefficient of variation of estimator
for network average delay
Relative reduction in coefficient of variation of estimator for network
average delay
SRSLHS1LHS2AV1AV2LHS1 versus AV1LHS2 versus AV2LHS2 versus LHS1AV2 versus AV1LHS1 versus SRSLHS2 versus SRS

Arterial undersaturated25.0%4.2%4.0%4.3%4.0%1%1%6%6%16%21%
43.5%2.6%2.6%2.8%2.7%8%6%0%2%27%27%
102.2%1.5%1.4%1.9%1.7%18%18%11%12%31%39%
201.6%1.0%0.9%1.3%1.2%24%20%5%10%38%41%
501.0%0.6%0.6%0.8%0.8%22%27%11%5%37%44%
1000.7%0.4%0.4%0.6%0.5%30%26%7%12%39%44%

Arterial oversaturated26.9%5.0%4.8%4.7%3.4%−8%−41%4%27%26%29%
44.8%2.7%2.1%3.3%2.4%16%11%22%27%43%56%
103.1%1.4%1.1%2.1%1.5%36%28%20%29%56%65%
202.2%0.8%0.7%1.5%1.0%43%30%16%31%62%68%
501.4%0.5%0.4%0.9%0.7%46%37%15%28%65%70%
1001.0%0.3%0.3%0.6%0.5%51%42%11%24%68%71%

Grid undersaturated22.2%2.0%1.9%2.1%2.0%6%5%5%5%9%13%
41.6%1.3%1.3%1.3%1.4%−1%4%1%−4%14%15%
101.0%0.8%0.8%0.9%0.8%12%8%0%4%21%21%
200.7%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.6%3%9%7%0%16%22%
500.4%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.4%9%9%1%1%23%24%
1000.3%0.3%0.2%0.3%0.3%4%13%9%−1%20%27%

Grid oversaturated29.6%8.2%7.3%7.9%6.2%−5%−17%11%20%14%24%
46.8%5.0%4.3%5.2%4.5%4%6%15%14%26%37%
104.3%2.6%2.1%3.5%2.9%26%26%17%18%40%50%
203.0%1.7%1.4%2.4%1.9%30%26%15%20%44%53%
501.9%1.0%0.9%1.6%1.3%36%29%12%20%48%54%
1001.4%0.7%0.6%1.1%0.9%39%31%7%17%51%55%