DEVELOPMENT OF AN API FOR COORDINATED ACTUTATED SIGNAL CONTROLLER IN PARAMICS

One of the advanced features available in the microscopic simulation programs is an application programming interface (API), which allows users to implement their own control logics within the simulation program. This is especially useful in case the microscopic simulation program does not support certain control functions. However, it is believed that the development of a new API is not a trivial task especially for practitioners. This paper presents the development of an API for coordinated actuated signal control logic for the PARAMICS microscopic simulation program. The developed API for the coordinated actuated signal control allows phase skip, gapout and force-off, which were generally not well supported by the existing logics and/or functions in the PARAMICS program.