Can single-loop detectors do the work of dual-loop detectors?

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Wang, Yinhai ^a   Nihan, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Traffic control; Traffic speed; Traffic surveillance; Traffic volume

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL;

DUAL-LOOP DETECTORS; SINGLE-LOOP DETECTORS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037337534     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:2(169)     Document Type: Article

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