Improving vehicle flow with traffic lights

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-63

  Poli Jr , J ^a   Monteiro, L H A ^b  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Traffic light; Vehicle flow

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; VEHICLES;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; TRAFFIC LIGHT; URBAN TRAFFIC; VEHICLE FLOW;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 17644425988     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525905000336     Document Type: Article

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