Designing signal-controlled junctions for group-based operation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-173

  Silcock, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERSECTIONS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE;

GEOMETRIC LAYOUT; GROUP BASED OPERATION; SIGNAL CONTROLLED JUNCTIONS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 0031104498     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(96)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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