Hierarchical fuzzy inference system to evaluate expert opinions on median safety

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1961, 2006, Pages 34-43

  Lee, Dongmin ^a   Pietrucha, Martin T ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FUZZY CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFERENCE ENGINES; LINGUISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

HIERARCHICAL FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; MEAN CROSS-MEDIAN COLLISION (CMC); MULTIVARIABLE FUZZY SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845312978     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1961-05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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