Simulation Strategies for Mixed Traffic Conditions: A Review of Car-Following Models and Simulation Frameworks

Table 2

Parameters used in various simulation frameworks.

Simulation framework

Parameters

Driver parameters

Vehicle parameters

dreact

dveer

dbr

ds

Gmin

LAD

MES

TEF

tveer

Tg

Tq

Tr

Ts

A

D

L

W

DS

∆d

AIMSUN

—

—

—

—

—

—

CARSIM

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

CORSIM

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

MITSIMLab

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

NETSIM

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

PARAMICS

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

SimTraffic

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

SUMO

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

VISSIM

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

d_react = distance travelled during reaction time; d_veer = veering distance; d_br = braking distance; d_s = distance travelled during simulation time step; G_min = acceptable minimum GAP; LAD = look ahead distance; MES = maximum escape speed; TEF = threshold value for entering following; t_veer = veering time; T_g = time gap; T_q = queue time; T_r = reaction time; T_s = simulation time step; A = acceleration rate; D = deceleration rate; L = vehicle length; W = vehicle width; DS = desired speed;  = relative velocity; ∆d = relative distance.