Estimating pedestrian delays at signalized intersections in developing cities by Monte Carlo method

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-337

  Yang, Jianguo ^a   Li, Qingfeng ^a   Wang, Zhaoan ^a   Wang, Jinmei ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Developing cities; Monte Carlo method; Pedestrian delays; Signalized intersections

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

DEVELOPING CITIES; FIELD STUDY; PEDESTRIAN DELAYS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 18144387253     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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