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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-21-082 Date: September 2021 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-21-082 Date: September 2021 |
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1. Report No.
FHWA-HRT-21-082 |
2. Government Accession No. | 3 Recipient's Catalog No. | ||
4. Title and Subtitle
Multiresolution Modeling for Traffic Analysis: State-of-Practice and Gap Analysis Report |
5. Report Date
September 2021 |
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6. Performing Organization Code | ||||
7. Author(s)
Xuesong (Simon) Zhou (ORCID: 0000-0002-9963-5369), Mohammed Hadi (ORCID: 0000-0003-2233-8283), David Hale (ORCID: 0000-0001-5486-9367) |
8. Performing Organization Report No. No. |
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Leidos, Inc. |
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11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH6116D00030-693JJ319F000376 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
U.S. Department of Transportation |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Final Report; January 2020–November 2020 |
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code
HRDO-20 |
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15. Supplementary Notes
The Federal Task Manager was Hyungjun Park (HRDO-20; ORCID: 0000-0002-6627-6857). |
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16. Abstract
The Federal Highway Administration and Traffic Analysis and Simulation Pooled Fund Study sponsored a research project on multiresolution modeling (MRM). The project's goal was to develop consistent definitions and a unified modeling framework for transportation professionals to help them better understand the opportunities and challenges associated with MRM. This state-of-practice and gap analysis report provides a review of MRM terminology, tools, and literature. It further reports the outcomes from a series of teleconferences with 19 agencies and companies with a vested interest in MRM. These discussions found increased interest in MRM as a means to make simulation results more defendable. However, the study found that there are still issues facing agencies that utilize or desire to utilize MRM as part of their modeling practices. These findings will provide an important point for future advancement in the research, development, and application of MRM in transportation engineering. |
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17. Key Words
Multiresolution modeling, microscopic simulation, microsimulation, mesoscopic simulation, dynamic traffic assignment, travel demand model, activity-based model, simulation-based assignment, static assignment, traffic assignment, origin-destination matrix estimation. |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. |
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19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified |
20. Security Classification (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages
126 |
22. Price
N/A |
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