Queueing Representation of Kinematic Waves

Abstract

MATSim comes with a number of mobsims (cf. Sections 4.3, 43.1); the most important are the so called QSim and JDEQSim. These differ from the implementation perspective (time-stepping vs. event-based, degree of parallelism), but all are (at least approximate) solvers of the same underlying traffic flow model. The purpose of this chapter is to relate MATSim’s mobsims to the existing traffic flow theory. There are other simulation packages rooted in the same under lying modeling concepts (Tian et al., 2007; Zhou and Taylor, 2014). The flow-density relationship (also called FD (Fundamental Diagram)) shown in Figure 50.1 is at the heart