A stochastic optimal control approach to real-time, incident-responsive traffic signal control at isolated intersections

Transportation Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 418-434

  Sheu, Jiuh Biing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERSECTIONS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

MEASUREMENT EQUATIONS; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATOR; RECURSIVE EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMAL CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0036870054     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.36.4.418.550     Document Type: Article

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