Site specific probability distribution of extreme traffic action effects

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Bailey, Simon F ^a   Bez, Rolf ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Probability distribution; Site characteristics; Traffic action effects

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

TRAFFIC ACTION EFFECTS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0032757448     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-8920(98)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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