Topics

Amongst the topics likely to be covered in the Symposium are the following:

Hardware in the loop simulations
Software in the loop simulations
Methodological issues in traffic simulation
Advances in simulation modelling and applications
Prediction of transport-land use for urban areas using simulation
Distributed intelligence in intelligent transport systems
Real-time information, travel behaviour and simulations
Distributed simulators link with micro-simulations
Transit modelling and simulation
Freight modelling and simulation
Transportation system behaviour under extreme conditions and simulation
Advances in traffic flow theory and their implications in simulations
Hybrid simulations
Application of advanced methods and techniques (e.g. cellular automata, distributed intelligence, neural network and fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, multiagent systems)in transport simulations
ITS and simulations
Automated Highway Systems (AHS) modeling and simulation
Real-time simulation and application
Road and intersection safety and simulation
Pedestrian, crowd, and panic modelling and simulation
Specific issues (e.g. parking, merging, weaving, heavy vehicles, bicycles)