Estimating the probability of freeway congestion recurrence

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1634, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Cottrell, Wayne D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FREEWAY CONGESTION RECURRENCE;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0032208423     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1634-03     Document Type: Article

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