Quantifying the potential savings in travel time resulting from parking guidance systems—a simulation case study

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1067-1077

  Waterson, B J ^a   Hounsell, N B ^a   Chatterjee, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car parking; Driver information; Simulation; Traffic assignment; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARKING; QUEUEING THEORY;

DRIVER INFORMATION; PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT; VEHICLE ROUTING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035493964     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601207     Document Type: Article

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