Some guidelines for selecting microsimulation models for interchange traffic operational analysis

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 535-543

  Fang, Fang Clara ^a   Elefteriadou, Lily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Interchanges; Simulation models; Traffic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING;

MICROSIMULATION MODELS; TRAFFIC OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SIMULATION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 23144453158     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:7(535)     Document Type: Article

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