Evaluation of freeway control using a microscopic simulation laboratory

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-50

  Ben Akiva, Moshe ^a   Cuneo, David ^b   Hasan, Masroor ^b   Jha, Mithilesh ^c   Yang, Qi ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Jacobs Civil Inc   (United States)

^d CALIPER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated traffic control system; ITS; Microscopic simulation; Ramp metering

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TRAFFIC FLOW SIMULATORS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; PLANNING METHOD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037305956     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-090X(02)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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