Simulation of Urban MObility (Eclipse SUMO or simply SUMO) is an open source, portable, microscopic and continuous multi-modal traffic simulation package designed to handle large networks.
SUMO is developed by the
German Aerospace Center
The German Aerospace Center (german: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., abbreviated DLR, literally ''German Center for Air- and Space-flight'') is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany ...
and community users. It has been freely available as open-source since 2001, and since 2017 it is an
Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation AISBL is an independent, Europe-based not-for-profit corporation that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community, with legal jurisdiction in the European Union. It is an organization suppo ...
project.
Purpose
Traffic simulation within SUMO uses software tools for simulation and analysis of road traffic and traffic management systems. New traffic strategies can be implemented via a simulation for analysis before they are used in real-world situations. SUMO has also been proposed as a toolchain component for the development and validation of automated driving functions via various X-in-the-Loop and digital twin approaches.
SUMO is used for research purposes like traffic forecasting, evaluation of traffic lights, route selection, or in the field of
vehicular communication systems
Vehicular communication systems are computer networks in which vehicles and roadside units are the communicating nodes, providing each other with information, such as safety warnings and traffic information. They can be effective in avoiding accide ...
. SUMO users are able to make changes to the program source code through the open-source license to experiment with new approaches.
Projects
SUMO was used in the following national and international projects:
* AMITRAN, a assessment methodology achieved by ICT applied to the transport sector via
intelligent transportation systems (ITS).
* COLOMBO
* CityMobil, a project for integration of automated transport systems in the urban environment. Completed in 2011.
* DRIVE C2X
* iTETRIS
* Soccer traffic data collection from the air during the 2006 FIFA World Cup football championship
* VABENE
project to improve safety at mass events.
See also
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Intelligent transportation system
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Traffic optimization Traffic Optimization are the methods by which time stopped in road traffic (particularly, at traffic signals) is reduced.
Need for traffic optimization
Texas Transportation Institute estimates travel delays of between 17–55 hours of delay per p ...
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Traffic estimation and prediction system Traffic estimation and prediction systems (TrEPS) have the potential to improve traffic conditions and reduce travel delays by facilitating better utilization of available capacity. These systems exploit currently available and emerging computer, co ...
References
Notes
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* {{Citation , first1=Daniel , last1=Krajzewicz , first2=Jakob , last2=Erdmann , first3=Michael , last3=Behrisch , first4=Laura , last4=Bieker , title=Recent Development and Applications of SUMO - Simulation of Urban MObility , work=International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements , volume=5 , issue=3&4 , pages=128–138 , date=December 2012 , url=http://sumo-sim.org/pdf/sysmea_v5_n34_2012_4.pdf , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918142319/http://sumo-sim.org/pdf/sysmea_v5_n34_2012_4.pdf , archivedate=2013-09-18
External links
SUMO website SUMO DocumentationRepository on GitHub
Traffic simulation
Transportation engineering
Free simulation software