I am trying to simulate real road traffic at one of the busiest toll plazas during peak time. I'm having difficulty in getting the raw data from the authority. Because of the absence of real time data, I decided to use simulation to give a closest picture of the real situations.
it would be a good area to simulate but absence of data in this area forces the researches to take approximate values by observations or giving references to the latest studies on this subject. If it is possible do some observations or ask for traffic cameras to authorities to take some approximate parameter of traffic load distribution during peak time of the day. I think that software is just a tool but the statistical inputs are more important for your model's accuracy.
Dr Benjamin Passow from the DIGITS Group (DMU's Interdisciplinary Group on Intelligent Transport Systems) at De Monfort University (in the UK) just gave a talk on traffic simulation at our university.
It might be worthwhile to get in touch with him:
http://dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/technology/digits/digits-home.aspx
@Azad: Perhaps a hybrid DES/ABM approach might also be good. The process will be organised by DES while the passive entities (normally used in DES) will be replaced by active ones (agents) that can make and follow their own decisions.
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