• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.99-109
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• 2004

Most traffic congestion on a freeway occurs in the merge area, where conflicts between mainline traffic and on-ramp traffic are frequently generated. So far, research on the merge area has mainly dealt with free flow traffic and research on the congested traffic at the merge area is rare. This study investigates the relationships between mainline traffic and on-ramp traffic at three different segments of the merge area. For this purpose, new indicators based on such traffic variables as flow, speed, and density are used. The results show that a negative relationship exists between mainline and on-ramp flow. It is also found that the speed and the density of the right two lanes in the mainline traffic are significantly affected by the on-ramp flow. Based on the correlation analysis of the indicators, it is confirmed that the ramp influence area is the right two lanes of the freeway mainline. The revealed relationships between mainline and on-ramp traffic may help to analyze the capacity of the downstream freeway segment of the merging area in congested traffic. The findings of this studyalso provide a basis to develop a model that estimates the merge traffic volume in congested traffic, which is neither theoretically nor empirically sound in most other traffic flow models developed so far.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.123-137
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• 2011

In general, flow propagation has been explained using the shock wave theory which is expressed as a function of variations in volume and density. However, the theory has certain limitation in portraying heterogeneous flow, e.g., flow propagation between lanes. Motivated by this fact, this study seeks a new measure for analyzing the propagation characteristics of traffic flow at three sections of highway (i.e., merging area, weaving section, and basic section) from temporal and spatial perspectives, and then develops a model for estimating the measure for the flow propagation. The "shock wave speed" which is the measure widely adopted in literature, was first applied to describe the propagation characteristics, but it was hard to find distinct characteristics in the propagation. This finding inspires to develop a new measure named "Impulse Volume". It is shown that the measure better explains the propagation characteristics at the three study sections of highway. In addition, several models are also developed by performing multi-regression analyses to explain the flow propagation between lanes. The models proposed in this paper can be distinguished in three sections and the lane placement.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.108-113
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• 1999

본 논문은 Zeigler가 제안한 이산 사건 시스템 형식론(DEVS : Discrete Event System Specification)을 기반으로 미시적 교통류 시뮬레이션 시스템의 교통 흐름 분석에 대한 연구를 주목적으로 한다. 도로교통망 모델링 방법은 미시적(microscopic)방법과 거시적(macroscopic)방법으로 분류하는데, 미시적 모형은 개별차량의 행태를 바탕을 둔 모형으로 거시적 모형에 비해 설명력이 뛰어나다는 장점을 가지고 있지만 실제 교통상황에서 관측하고 검증하기가 어렵다는 단점을 갖고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 신뢰성 있는 미시적 교통류 모형의 설계를 위해 DEVS 형식론을 기반으로 개별 차량에 대한 차량 추종 및 차로 변경 모형을 모델링하고 이를 근거로 교통류 시뮬레이션 시스템의 교통흐름 분석을 한다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.25 no.2 s.95
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• pp.73-81
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• 2007

The purpose of this paper is to perform a basic study on the interaction between lanes, which can be achieved through analyzing traffic breakdown at the microscopic level. Using aerial photographic data for the microscopic analysis, this study analyzed the characteristics of traffic flow at a merging area. This research produced aggregated traffic data such as flows, speeds, and densities in 30 second intervals by lane for the macroscopic analysis and individual headway data by lane for the microscopic analysis. The paper contains an analysis of lane characteristics through flows, speeds, densities, and headway variations and also investigates the influence of ramp flows on mainline flows with space-time diagrams. Firstly, the merging area in this study is divided into three sections: before-merging, during-merging, and after-merging. The transition process was analyzed at each lane. Secondly, the breakdown was observed in detail with data divided in 50-foot units. The breakdown was checked through the relationships between ramp and freeway mainline flows, various techniques were proposed to analyze the breakdown, and the formation of breakdown was introduced as three stages in this study. In the near future, the findings of this study could contribute to determining the dynamic capacity on freeways by easily understanding changeable traffic breakdown patterns over time and space.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.69-82
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• 2002

The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of macroscopic traffic flow models with the analytical and field data. Five candidate models were selected as follows ; Lax Method Model, Upwind Scheme Model, Hilliges'Model, Papageorgiou's Model, and Cell-Transmission Model. In the analytical test scenario, the traffic condition was assumed that could cause the building and dissipation of queue, and each model was compared with analytical solutions and the numerical results. An analytical test indicated that both simple continuum and high order continuum models are able to reproduce queue building and dissipating behavior in a reasonable way A field test has shown that Upwind and Papageorgiou's model show similar performances. Considering the simplicity in model formulation and numerical computation, we firstly recommend Upwind scheme model , and secondly Papageorgiou's model that performed will to represent traffic flow in tests as candidate models for further development of simulation model for Naebu expressway in Seoul.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.85-103
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• 1997

국내 도시교통에서 도시고속도로가 차지하는 비중은 급증하고 있으나 이의 효율적 인 운영은 아직 초보수준인 실정이다. 도시고속도로의 운영전략이나 기하구조 설계대안을 개발·분석·평가하는데 시뮬레이션 모형을 활용하는 것은 필수적이나 외국에서 개발된 모형 을 국내에 적용하는 데에는 많은 제약이 따르고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 국내 현실에 적합 한 도시고속도로 교통류 시뮬레이션 모형을 개발하려는데 그 목적이 있으며 연속 교통류 모 형의 개발, 모수추정 방법의 제시, 컴퓨터 코딩, 모형평가의 세부작업이 수행되었다. URFSIM-1은 각 구간에서 통행목적지별 차량 수를 추적할 수 있는 통행수요모형 기능에 구 간내 이동을 동적으로 기술할 수 있는 거시적 교통류 모형을 결합한 것을 기본 교통류 모형 으로 채택하고 있다. 비선형 최소 자승법에 의해 교통류 모형 모수와 O-D 모수를 추정하는 방법이 제시되었다. 마지막으로 유고상황을 가상한 정성분석과 미국 도시고속도로에서 수집 한 현장자료를 이용한 모형의 평가를 시행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.369-376
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• 2001

도심지에서 자주 발생되는 교통체증의 문제를 효과적으로 해결하기 위해서는 교통 상황을 신속하고 정확하게 진단하며, 이를 바탕으로 최대한의 효율을 얻을 수 있도록 교통 신호체계를 수립하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 '병렬기반 미시적 교통류 시뮬레이션 시스템'을 활용하여 교통상황을 정확하게 모델링한 결과정보를 추출하고, 이를 바탕으로 교통상황을 종합적으로 진단할 수 있는 '교통류 시뮬레이션 평가 및 진단 시스템'을 제시한다. 교통상황에 대한 시뮬레이션 결과정보를 쉽게 분석할 수 있는 교통류 시뮬레이션 평가 및 진단 시스템을 개발하기 위하여, 교통상황의 해석에 필요한 제반 문제와 원인들의 인과관계를 파악하여 규칙화하고, 이를 바탕으로 규칙 기반추론 기법을 적용할 수 있도록 전문가시스템을 도입하였다. 또한 효율적인 진단을 위하여 시뮬레이션 결과정보로부터 구한 정량적인 각종 평가 지표를 정성적인 측면에서 재평가하여 사유할 수 있도록 fuzzy 기술을 도입하였다. 아울러 교통류 시뮬레이션 평가 및 진단 시스템의 결과는 최적의 신호체계를 수립하는데 활용될 수 있도록 하였다. 서울광역시 과천 주변의 8 개 교차로를 포함하는 교통망에 대한 교통정보를 바탕으로 실험해 봄으로써 사용자가 복잡한 교통망에 대해 보다 효과적으로 교통흐름을 분석하여 정체원인을 실시간으로 판단할 수 있는 가능성을 보여준다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.115-131
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• 2001

The Purpose of this study is to develop a simulation model for large-scale network with interrupted flow as well as uninterrupted flow. The Cell Transmission(CT) theory is used to simulate traffic flow. Flow transition rules have been newly developed to simulate traffic flows at merging and diverging sections, and signalized intersections. In the model, it is assumed that dynamic OD table is exogenously given. Simulation results for toy network shows that the model can explain queue dynamics not only in signalized intersections of urban arterials, but also in merging and diverging sections of freeway. In case study, the model successfully simulated traffic flows of 145,000 vehicles on CBD network of city of Seoul with 74 traffic zones, 133 signalized intersections among 395 nodes and 1110 links.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.92-106
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• 2017

The adverse weather is known as a factor that interrupts traffic flow and causes traffic accidents and traffic congestion by lowering visibility of drivers. Especially, in case of fog unlike any other weather conditions, traffic accidents lead to serious accidents and the fatality of the accidents is known to be high. This paper aims to analyze uninterrupted traffic flow characteristics under foggy conditions among adverse weathers. The traffic volumes and speeds under foggy and normal conditions were analyzed. Results indicated that fog with low visibility causes the most insignificant reduction in traffic volumes. On the other hand, the reduction in the speeds due to low visibility was evident. In addition, the relationship between flow, speed, and density in fog were analyzed. Analysis results showed that the fog with less than 200m visibility had clear impact on traffic flow.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.77-91
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• 2023

Recently, there has been a worldwide increase in research and development on automated vehicles for commercialization. It is expected that the use of level 3 autonomous vehicles on continuous-flow roads will be introduced and will increase. Consequently, various studies have been conducted to investigate the impact of mixed traffic flow with automated vehicles based on the market penetration rate (MPR). However, these studies have been conducted independently, and the results have shown different trends. Therefore, this study attempted a quantitative analysis of the impact of automated vehicles on mixed traffic flow on uninterrupted roads through a meta-analysis. The results showed that the effect size estimated from an MPR of 75% or higher was statistically significant.