Investigating the quality of Spiess-like and SPSA approaches for dynamic OD matrix estimation

Since OD matrices are not directly observable, indirect procedures have been developed to estimate OD matrices from traffic data. Traffic management must move toward dynamic traffic assignment models because they capture congestion propagation effects. In this context, dynamic OD matrices are needed...

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Autores: Ros Roca, Xavier|||0000-0002-5807-0314, Montero Mercadé, Lídia|||0000-0001-5722-138X, Barceló Bugeda, Jaime|||0000-0001-6195-6434
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/344069
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/344069
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2020.1722282
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Traffic flow
Traffic assignment--Simulation methods
Simulation methods
Traffic simulation
OD estimation
Simulation optimization
Traffic assignment
Transport
Circulació
Simulació, Mètodes de
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura
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Sumario:Since OD matrices are not directly observable, indirect procedures have been developed to estimate OD matrices from traffic data. Traffic management must move toward dynamic traffic assignment models because they capture congestion propagation effects. In this context, dynamic OD matrices are needed. This paper first explores the extension of a conventional bilevel analytical static method to the dynamic context, then analyses the solutions obtained regarding both convergence to measured traffic data and structural similarity to an a priori OD matrix. A simulation optimization technique, SPSA, is then proposed because its flexibility allows inclusion of traffic counts (as in Spiess method) and emerging ICT traffic measurements. The performances of these two types of algorithms are analyzed in detail, focussing on faults of classical convergence measures to obtain an estimated dynamic OD matrix structurally similarity to the a priori OD matrix and pros and cons of variants of selected methods.