Dear Colleagues,



Apologies for cross-posting.



We are organizing a Special Issue on “Modelling, calibrating, and
validating car following and lane changing behaviour” for Transportation
Research Part C, and cordially invite you to consider submitting your
recent work relevant to this special issue. For your convenience, I
attached CfP below. You can also access it by clicking this link:
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-modelling-calibrating-and-validating/



*Call for Papers: a Special Issue on “Modelling, calibrating, and
validating car following and lane changing behaviour”*

*Guest Editors*

*Zuduo Zheng, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (*
*[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>*)*

*Majid Sarvi, Monash University, Australia ([log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>)*

*Introduction*

Transportation Research: Part C, indexed in SCI-Science Citation Index, is
devoted to the publication of high-quality, scholarly research in
transportation that addresses the development and applications of emerging
technologies from such fields as operations research, statistics, computer
science, electronics, control systems, artificial intelligence, and
telecommunications. We are organizing a Special Issue of the journal
dedicated to *Modelling, calibrating, and validating car following and lane
changing behaviour*.

Car following (CF) and lane changing (LC) are two primary driving tasks
observed in traffic flow, and are thus vital components of traffic flow
theories, traffic operation and control. Over the past decades a large
number of CF models have been developed in an attempt to describe CF
behaviour under a wide range of traffic conditions. Although CF has been
widely studied for many years, LC did not receive much attention until
recently. Over the last decade, researchers have slowly but surely realized
the critical role that LC plays in traffic operations and traffic safety;
this realization has motivated significant attempts to model LC
decision-making and its impact on traffic.

Despite notable progresses in modelling CF and LC, our knowledge on these
two important issues remains incomplete because of issues related to data,
model calibration and validation, human factors, just to name a few.

*Scope of the Special Issue*

The special issue will focus on latest developments in modelling,
calibrating, and validating two primary vehicular interactions observed in
traffic flow: CF and LC. Potential topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

   - Modelling CF and LC behaviours in traffic models
   - Integrating CF and LC
   - Modelling CF and LC for heterogeneous traffic
   - Incorporating human factors (e.g. timid/aggressive driving, driver
   error and distraction, and drivers’ individual characteristics and
   cognitive features) in CF and LC models
   - Realistic representation of lane changing decision process
   - Lane changing manoeuvre’s impact on surrounding traffic
   - Challenges and methodological advancement in rigorously calibrating
   and validating CF and LC models
   - Bench-marking CF and LC models

*Submission Method*

This special issue will make use of special on-line multi-media features to
help authors convey their research more effectively. In addition to
full-papers, each author will be able to submit videos and links to
interactive demos of their research. All submissions will go through the
journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include
originality, contribution, and scientific merit. For author guidelines,
please visit the website of the Journal at: http://ees.elsevier.com/trc.
Authors who are interested in contributing papers should submit their
papers online at the journal website and indicate that the paper is being
submitted for consideration for publication in this Special Issue. A
potential contributor is welcome to contact the guest editors for his/her
interest in the Special Issue.

*Key Dates*

Submission of full paper online: February 28, 2015
Feedback from first-round reviews issued: June 1, 2015
Feedback from second-round reviews issued (if needed): September 1, 2015
Final manuscripts due: December 1, 2015
Planned publication: 2016

*Inquiries*

All inquiries regarding this call for papers should be directed to Guest
Editors, Dr. Zuduo Zheng (*[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>*),
and Associate Professor Majid Sarvi, Monash University, Australia (
[log in to unmask]), or to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Matthew
Karlaftis (*[log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>*).





Thanks for your attention.



Best Regards,

Zuduo Zheng

Lecturer, Transport Group

Civil Engineering & Built Environment School, Science and Engineering
Faculty, Queensland University of Technology

2 George St GPO Box 2434

Brisbane Qld 4001 Australia

Tel: +61 7 3138 9989

Fax: +61 7 3138 1170

Email: [log in to unmask]

http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/zhengz2/

My publications: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Zheng,_Zuduo.html