MPC-based optimal coordination of variable speed limits to suppress shock waves in freeway traffic

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 4083-4088

  Hegyi, A ^a   De Schutter, B ^a   Hellendoorn, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SHOCK WAVES;

FREEWAY TRAFFIC;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 0142231072     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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