“…(3), namely the free speed and the density at capacity , were calibrated by minimizing the dispersion between the model outputs and the sensor measurements, using the Complex based optimization algorithm, developed by Box (1956). This algorithm is widely used in the literature, especially for road traffic modelling (Kotsialos and Papageorgiou, 2002;Ouessai and Keche, 2015). The modelling task was achieved by using the measured parameters of the exit section obtained from the real time video traffic data set, presented in section 5.2.1.…”