Set of new traffic-responsive ramp-metering algorithms and microscopic simulation results

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1959, 2006, Pages 9-18

  Sun, Xiaotian ^a   Horowitz, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FEEDBACK; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATORS; QUEUE LENGTH REGULATORS; STORAGE CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; SWITCHING TRAFFIC RESPONSIVE RAMP METERING CONTROLLER;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33846075018     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1959-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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