Performance evaluation of adaptive ramp-metering algorithms using microscopic traffic simulation model

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 330-338

  Chu, Lianyu ^a   Liu, Henry X ^b   Recker, Will ^c   Zhang, H Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Performance evaluation; Ramps; Simulation models; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADAPTIVE RAMP METERING ALGORITHMS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ALGORITHM;

EID: 2442515328     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2004)130:3(330)     Document Type: Article

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