Controlled optimization of phases at an intersection

Transportation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-17

  Sen, Suvrajeet ^a   Head, K Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INTERSECTIONS;

OPTIMAL PHASE SEQUENCING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TRAF NETSIM;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0031072952     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.31.1.5     Document Type: Article

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