On-ramp metering based on three-phase traffic theory

Traffic Engineering and Control

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Kerner, Boris S ^a  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MICROSCOPIC FREEWAY SIMULATIONS; ON-RAMP METERING; THREE-PHASE TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY; TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 33846547483     PISSN: 00410683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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