This 20-hour training course covers the foundational skills needed to use any edition of Aimsun Next.
This is an Online course delivered in English by Tessa Hayman, Principal Product Specialist at Aimsun.
Date: Monday 12th January to Friday 16th January
Time: 9:00 to 13:00 (UK time) each day.
Platform: This is an online course taught via Microsoft Teams. If you have a software or security issue, please let us know and we will accommodate your needs.
Core Skills Training: Course Description
Our most popular course, Core Skills training offers a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of building a model in Aimsun Next, with a focus on simulation at the microscopic level.
Core Skills training takes you all the way through the workflow of a typical project, from editing to traffic management, scenarios, outputs and calibration.
Your trainer will give you hands-on exercises every step of the way to make sure you have mastered the basic concepts and you should finish this course ready to start experimenting with Aimsun Next software.
Day 1
Editing exercises
- Geometry
- Signal plans
- Public transport
- Traffic demand
Day 2
Managing scenarios
- Dynamic scenarios, experiments and replications
- Attribute overrides and geometry configurations
Day 3
Outputs
- Output calculation
- Time series, thematic maps
- Scenario comparison
Dynamic traffic assignment
- Cost functions
- Stochastic route choice algorithm and parameters
- Dynamic user equilibrium algorithm and parameters
- Combining paths
Day 4
Dynamic traffic assignment
- Analysing Path Assignment Outputs
Microscopic network loading
- Microscopic vehicle behavior
Day 5
Microscopic network loading
- Calibration of a microscopic model
Traffic management
- Traffic management actions
- Modeling incidents and mitigation strategies
- Modeling turn restrictions, reversible lanes, and other scheduled events
