The present state of the art of simulating traffic problems is reviewed in outline, and part of a briefly annotated bib liography of the work done on traffic simulation is pre sented. The full 206-item bibliography (available from the author) covers discrete event simulation of such situations as intersection and network flows, and also more general techniques such as 'car-following' models. Transportation survey techniques—such as assignment and distribution- are not specifically covered.
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