MacIver, AndrewAlamilla Aldazaba, Alvaro2005-08-162005-08-1620040612934209http://hdl.handle.net/1880/41472Bibliography: p. 180-183Microscopie traffic simulation models have become widely used tools in transportation engineering because they are able to reproduce queues, shock waves, weaving areas, merging zones, gap acceptance behaviour, fixed and actuated traffic signals, and many other traffic characteristics observed in real life. Testing road designs and traffic control systems, analysis of intelligent transportation systems, evaluating traffic management schemes, and calibrating adaptive control systems are important applications of microscopic models that require a well calibrated model to produce satisfactory results. The principal objective of this research is to document and analyze the sensitivity and global network impacts of parameters used to calibrate PARAMICS, which is one of the most popular and powerful microscopic traffic models. Based on this analysis, recommendations have been made, whichxiv, 183 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.master thesis10.11575/PRISM/20097AC1 .T484 2004 A525