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OCLC number
613346275
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Author
Cunto, Flávio José Craveiro.
Title
Assessing safety performance of transportation systems using microscopic simulation
Degree
Ph. D. -- University of Waterloo, 2008
Publisher
Waterloo, Ont. : University of Waterloo, 2008.
Description
xv, 175 pages :illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Notes
Contains hypertext links.
"A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering."
Title from title page image.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-175).
Abstract
Transportation safety has been recognized as a public health issue worldwide, consequently, transportation researchers and practitioners have been attempting to provide adequate safety performance for the various transportation components and facilities to all road users given the usually scarce resources available. Safety engineers have been trying to make decisions affecting safety based on the knowledge extracted from different types of statistical models and/or observational before-after analysis. It is generally recognized that this type of factual knowledge is not easily obtained either statistically or empirically. Despite the intuitive link between road safety and observed crashes, a good understanding of the sequence of events prior to the crash can provide a more rational basis for the development of engineering countermeasures. The development of more comprehensive mechanistic models for safety assessment is heavily dependent on detailed vehicle tracking data that is not readily available. The potential of microscopic simulation in traffic safety and traffic conflict analysis has gained increasing interest mostly due to recent developments in human behaviour modelling and real-time vehicle data acquisition. In this thesis, we present a systematic investigation of the use of existing behavioural microscopic simulation models in short-term road safety studies.
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Subject
microscopic simulation.
safety performance measures.
road safety.
surrogate safety measures.
Civil Engineering.
ISBN
9780494554920
0494554924