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标题：Methods for estimating vehicle queues at a marine terminal: A computational comparison
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作者：Gang Chen ; Zhong-Zhen Yang
期刊名称：International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
电子版ISSN：2083-8492
出版年度：2014
卷号：24
期号：3
DOI：10.2478/amcs-2014-0044
出版社：De Gruyter Open
摘要：A long queue of vehicles at the gate of a marine terminal is a common traffic phenomenon in a port-city, which sometimes causes problems in urban traffic. In order to be able to solve this issue, we firstly need accurate models to estimate such a vehicle queue length. In this paper, we compare the existing methods in a case study, and evaluate their advantages and disadvantages. Particularly, we develop a simulation-based regression model, using the micro traffic simulation software PARAMIC. In simulation, it is found that the queue transient process follows a natural logarithm curve. Then, based on these curves, we develop a queue length estimation model. In the numerical experiment, the proposed model exhibits better estimation accuracy than the other existing methods.
关键词：truck queue; container terminal; queueing theory; simulation; regression