Optimizing traffic network signals around railroad crossings: Model validations

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1811, 2002, Pages 139-147

  Zhang, Li ^a   Hobeika, Antoine G ^b   Ghaman, Raj ^c  

^a ITT INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; RAILROAD CROSSINGS;

TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE DATA;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 0036977184     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1811-17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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