Optimal Coordination of Variable Speed Limits to Suppress Shock Waves

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1852, 2003, Pages 167-174

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

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL;

DISCRETE CONTROLLERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL (MPC); TOTAL TIME SPENT (TTS); VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 2142655046     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1852-21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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