Bounds and approximations for the fixed-cycle traffic-light queue

Transportation Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 484-496

  Van Den Broek, M S ^a   Van Leeuwaarden, J S H ^b   Adan, I J B F ^a   Boxma, O J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EURANDOM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approximations; Bounds; Bulk service queue; Fixed time control; Mean delay; Overflow; Traffic light

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BOUNDS; BULK-SERVICE QUEUE; FIXED-TIME CONTROL; MEAN DELAY; OVERFLOW; TRAFFIC LIGHT;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 33751006127     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1050.0146     Document Type: Article

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