Optimal dynamic speed-limit control for highway work zone operations

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1877, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Kang, Kyeong Pyo ^a   Chang, Gang Len ^a,b   Zou, Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; RISKS; SENSORS; SPEED CONTROL;

LANE-CLOSURE OPERATIONS; MEAN DENSITY; TRAFFIC-STATE EVOLUTION; VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS (VMS);

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 13944250201     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1877-09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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