These 5 days of training cover all the skills you’ll need for using all editions of Aimsun Next.
This is an Online course in English
Time: from 11:00h to 15:00h (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
Course description
Our most popular training course, this is a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of building a model in Aimsun Next, with a focus on simulation at the microscopic level.
This course will take you all the way through the workflow of a typical project, from editing to traffic management, scenarios, outputs and calibration. There are 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
