Course language: English


Time: : The tutor for this online course is based in Sydney, so the course will start at 9:00h and end at 13:00h (Australian Eastern Daylight Time).


Platform: We use Microsoft Teams for most of our online classes. If you have a software or security issue, please let us know and we will accommodate your needs.


How to install our software: Once you have signed up, we will send you two-step installation instructions for a temporary training license of Aimsun Next software. Please start this process 48 hours before the course starts to allow time for trouble shooting.

Morning session: 09:00–13:00 (including a 15-min break)

Module 1

March 10

Editing a model

Geometry, signal plans

Public transport, traffic demand

March 11

Managing scenarios

Dynamic scenarios, experiments, and replications

Dynamic scenarios, experiments, and replications

Outputs

Output calculation, Time series

March 12

Outputs

Thematic maps, scenario comparison

Traffic management

Traffic management actions

Modelling incidents and mitigation strategies

Module 2

March 16

Dynamic traffic assignment

Dynamic traffic assignment overview

Cost functions

Stochastic route choice algorithm and parameters

Dynamic user equilibrium algorithm and parameters

Analysing Path Assignment Outputs

March 17

Microscopic network loading

Microscopic vehicle behaviour

Calibration of microscopic model

Module 3

March 25

Mesoscopic and hybrid network loading

Mesoscopic vehicle behaviour

Calibration of a mesoscopic model

Hybrid microscopic-mesoscopic simulation

March 26

Macroscopic modelling

Static traffic assignment

Traversal demand calculation

Demand adjustment

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Maximum class sizes apply.