An Overview of Systems Studies of Automated Highway Systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 82-99

  Bender, James G ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; RELIABILITY - ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION - OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM; URBAN/INTERCITY ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026111028     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.69977     Document Type: Article

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