<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A long queue of vehicles at the gate of a marine terminal is a common traffic phenomenon in a port-city, which sometimes causes problems in urban traffic. In order to be able to solve this issue, we firstly need accurate models to estimate such a vehicle queue length. In this paper, we compare the existing methods in a case study, and evaluate their advantages and disadvantages. Particularly, we develop a simulation-based regression model, using the micro traffic simulation software PARAMIC. In simulation, it is found that the queue transient process follows a natural logarithm curve. Then, based on these curves, we develop a queue length estimation model. In the numerical experiment, the proposed model exhibits better estimation accuracy than the other existing methods</p></abstract>

A long queue of vehicles at the gate of a marine terminal is a common traffic phenomenon in a port-city, which sometimes causes problems in urban traffic. In order to be able to solve this issue, we firstly need accurate models to estimate such a vehicle queue length. In this paper, we compare the existing methods in a case study, and evaluate their advantages and disadvantages. Particularly, we develop a simulation-based regression model, using the micro traffic simulation software PARAMIC. In simulation, it is found that the queue transient process follows a natural logarithm curve. Then, based on these curves, we develop a queue length estimation model. In the numerical experiment, the proposed model exhibits better estimation accuracy than the other existing methods

Methods for estimating vehicle queues at a marine terminal: A computational comparison

Transport Planning Institute Dalian Maritime University, Linghai Road 1, Dalian, Liaoning Province, PR China

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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A long queue of vehicles at the gate of a marine terminal is a common traffic phenomenon in a port-city, which sometimes causes problems in urban traffic. In...

Methods for estimating vehicle queues at a marine terminal: A computational comparison

Publié en ligne: 25 sept. 2014

Pages: 611 - 619

Reçu: 01 août 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amcs-2014-0044

Mots clés
truck queue, container terminal, queueing theory, simulation, regression

© by Gang Chen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Methods for estimating vehicle queues at a marine terminal: A computational comparison

Publié en ligne: 25 sept. 2014

Pages: 611 - 619

Reçu: 01 août 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amcs-2014-0044

Mots cléstruck queue, container terminal, queueing theory, simulation, regression

© by Gang Chen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
truck queue, container terminal, queueing theory, simulation, regression