Analytical models for vehicle/gap distribution on automated highway systems

Transportation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-33

  Tsao, H S Jacob ^a   Hall, Randolph W ^b   Chatterjee, Indrajit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LATERAL CAPACITY; LONGITUDINAL FLOW; VEHICLE FOLLOWING RULES;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031070098     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.31.1.18     Document Type: Article

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