Automated Highway Studies at The Ohio State University—An Overview

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 100-113

  Fenton, Robert E ^a   Mayhan, Robert J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; VEHICLES - CONTROL;

AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM; CAR-FOLLOWING STUDIES; DYNAMIC PATH SCHEDULING; HEADWAY SAFETY POLICY; VEHICLE LATERAL DYNAMICS; VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL DYNAMICS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026112620     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.69978     Document Type: Article

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