Safety and capacity analysis of automated and manual highway systems

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 6C, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-99

  Carbaugh, Jason ^a   Godbole, Datta N ^a   Sengupta, Raja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated highway systems; Capacity; Inter vehicle cooperation; Rear end collisions; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE;

INTER-VEHICLE COOPERATIONS; REAR-END COLLISIONS;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031995489     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-090X(98)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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