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DESCRIPTION:
This course provides an understanding of CORSIM, the simulation package within the Traffic Software Integrated System (TSIS) suite of tools, which simulates traffic and traffic control conditions on combined surface street and freeway networks. CORSIM is a powerful tool that can be applied to wide areas of interest including: 1. Practical traffic engineering activities such as signal retiming, traffic impact studies, analysis of major traffic events, stadium operations, corridor traffic operations, and freeway incident impacts 2. Evaluating ITS technologies, such as real time traffic adaptive control, real time traveler information and route guidance, and network-wide dynamic traffic assignment CORSIM determines the impact of traffic engineering and control strategies on a prescribed network's operational performance expressed in terms of various measures of effectiveness (MOEs). The MOEs, such as speed, travel time, volume, and delay, provide insights into the effects of the applied strategy on traffic operations and provide the basis for optimizing the applied strategy. The hosting organization is responsible for providing computers with the following recommended requirements: 200 MHz Intel Pentium II Processor or equivalent with 128 MB RAM, Windows 2000, Windows NT or Windows XP, color monitors, 50 MB of available disk space. NOTE: Maximum of two participants per terminal. OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:- Describe CORSIM features, including advantages and disadvantages
- Determine appropriate uses for CORSIM
- Identify types and sources of data
- Given real-world data, prepare a link-node diagram, then code for input to CORSIM
- Input data, run CORSIM, and interpret output for arterial, freeway, and combined networks
- Identify circumstances and procedures for calibrating models
- Interpret and fix common error messages
- Use CORSIM to simulate traffic improvements
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Traffic engineers in the public and private sectors, as well as in academia, who are involved in ITS planning and deployment. |
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