Depending on insertion parameters (i.e. high departSpeed) queues are not
expected to reach all the way to the start of the lane.
Here are some suggestions:
- run a set of comparisons with Demand reduced to the point where neither
signal plan is causing departDelay
- make your insertion edges very long to convert the virtual queues into
real queues
- read all about insertion and how to visualize and avoid delay:
https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/Simulation/VehicleInsertion.html
- include departDelay in your comparison (either avgDepartDelay +
avgTravelTime or totalDepartDelay + totalTravelTime)

regards,
Jakob


Am Mo., 14. Feb. 2022 um 23:01 Uhr schrieb Alexandre Hering Coelho <
[email protected]>:

> Dear Jakob,
>
> thank you very much for your answer!
> I made an experiment with 100 replications storing the values of
> totalTraveTime and totalDepartDelay, using the same base demand with a
> little randomness, always with the base signal timing, without using
> Webster, just to check the effect of the intersection model. The results
> show that the ratio totalDepartDelay/totalTraveTime is in average 0.762
> (76.2%) with 0.192 of standard deviation. That would mean that I have
> virtual queues? But I have watched some of the simulations using the GUI
> and visually the queues by far do not reach the entry points of the model
> during the all 3600 seconds of the scenario.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alexandre
> ---
> Prof. Alexandre Hering Coelho, Dr.-Ing.
> Departamento de Engenharia Civil
> Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
> Florianópolis, Brasil
>
> On 14 Feb 2022, at 17:46, Jakob Erdmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I would generally expect that modifying cycle times and green split
> according to Webster leads to performance improvements compared to
> unoptimized fixed plans.
> Could it be that your scenario has significant departDelay in some of your
> runs?
> A likely reason for unexpected performance measures is that one scenario
> has much departDelay and (comparatively) less timeLoss (since timeLoss is
> only counted after departure) while another scenario that works better, has
> less departDelay but more timeLoss.
> A simple way to check is by using statistic-output and comparing the sum
> of totalTraveTime and totatDepartDelay (for scenarios that have the same
> demand input and run to completion).
>
> regards,
> Jakob
>
>
> Am Mo., 14. Feb. 2022 um 21:13 Uhr schrieb Alexandre Hering Coelho <
> [email protected]>:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I modeled a simple 4-legs intersection with traffic lights. With the help
>> of Python I gradually increase the demand volumes, with a certain random
>> margin. At each iteration initially I set the cycle time equal to 60
>> seconds, the yellow times equal to 3 seconds and the green times equal to
>> 27 seconds, I use Webster's method to determine the optimal cycle time and
>> the green times and compare performance metrics between the two scenarios
>> (edge based, statistics and queues). I'm very intrigued, because most of
>> the time the performance is much worse after optimizing the times. Assuming
>> that my calculations are correct and that the logic is all correctly
>> implemented (I have reviewed everything dozens of times for days), could
>> anyone give any clue to the reason for this strange behavior? Or is it
>> always expected that performance will be better after applying Webster's
>> method, even at microscopic scenarios, and so can only be a problem in my
>> implementation?
>>
>> I've already experimented with different models of car following, with
>> different values of reaction time (action-step-length) and with different
>> values ​​of lost times (Webster) and nothing helped.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Alexandre
>>
>> ---
>> Prof. Alexandre Hering Coelho, Dr.-Ing.
>> Departamento de Engenharia Civil
>> Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
>> Florianópolis, Brasil
>>
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