Roles of Spatial and Temporal Factors in Variable Message Sign Effectiveness under Nonrecurrent Congestion

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1854, 2003, Pages 124-134

  Srinivasan, Karthik K ^a   Krishnamurthy, Arun ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC SIGNS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

IN-VEHICLE DEVICES (IVD); NONRECURRENT CONGESTION;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 1942472651     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1854-14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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