Validation of an Online State Estimation Concept for Microscopic Traffic Simulations

This paper deals with a novel method for the online fitting of a microscopic traffic simulation model to the current state of a real world traffic area. The traffic state estimation is based on limited data of different measurement sources and guarantees general accordance of reality and simulation in terms of multimodal road traffic counts and vehicle speeds. The research is embedded in the challenge of improving the traffic by controlling the traffic light systems (TLS) of the examined area. Therefore, the current traffic state and the predicted route choices of individual road users are the matter of interest. The concept is generally transferable to any road traffic system. To give an impression of the accuracy and potential of the approach, the validation and first application results are presented.