PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-11-0016
Project Name:	Effective Integration of Analysis Modeling and Simulation Tools
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Bared First Name: Joe Telephone: 202-493-3314 E-mail: joe.bared@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Operations Research and Development
Team:	Trans Ops Concepts and Analysis Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Not Applicable
Project Description:	Analysis of multimodal and multiresolution transportation networks often requires linking or integrating different types of analysis and simulation tools, primarily due to differences in domain (travel demand, deterministic or dynamic models that include different travel modes) and scale (network size). Also, the outputs from different simulation models typically do not match. Examples include: (1) determining corridor and/or regional level operational strategies, such as corridor signal timing and regional coordination, upon system performance, safety, and greenhouse gases; (2) connecting a macrotravel demand model to a mesoscopic dynamic traffic assignment model. This project is developing a uniform data schema that will serve multiresolution modeling (for different domains (macroscopic to microscopic) and scale (including small and large networks)). This common data could be stored on the PC and on the Web (cloud) and results are also displayed using common measures and visualization tools. Moreover, it will also allow the execution of simulation models across different software providers if and when the providers develop interfaces to translate their data to this common schema (format and content). A concept of operations will be developed, and two case studies will be selected and analyzed using this new tool.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	March 3, 2011
End Date:	June 30, 2013
Funding Amount:	$394,090.00
FHWA Program Name:	Other
Goals:	This activity will define a model integration concept of operations and requirements that will enable harmonious information exchange and data transferability among models of various domains and scale. These new methods and tools will be validated through a proof of concept and prototype demonstration.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Attempt unified data standards with open-source formatting, and possibly test cloud computing.
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Federal Highway Administration: Office of Operations - Office of Transportation Management; Role(s): Advisory Federal Highway Administration: Resource Center; Role(s): Advisory Federal Highway Administration: Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty - Office of Planning; Role(s): Advisory Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation Research; Role(s): Advisory
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Improved concepts for integrating transportation models across domain in space and time.
Deliverables:	Name: Draft final report that includes two proof of concept test cases to demonstrate application and benefits of integrated models. Product Type(s): Research report Description: The final report will summarize the recommendation of model integration, concepts of analysis, and the results of testing two integration concepts. Audiences: Researchers Secondary Audiences:
Related URL(s):	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7179 http://web.anl.gov/TRACC/docs/fact_sheets/Traffic_modeling_sim.pdf http://www.rorise.com/software/science/engineering/civil-engineering/transportation-engineering/traffic-modeling-simulation/
Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Transportation Traffic Models Traffic Simulation Operations Research Transportation Planning Transportation System Management Intelligent Transportation Systems
FHWA Disciplines:	Operations
Subject Areas:	Operations and Traffic Management Research Transportation (General)