Improving minnesota's stratified ramp control strategy

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1959, 2006, Pages 77-83

  Feng, Baichun ^a   Hourdos, John ^a   Michalopoulos, Panos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

FREEWAY CONGESTION; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATORS; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; RAMP DELAY;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33846048528     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1959-09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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