Evaluation of the effectiveness of single-lane two-way traffic control at maintenance and reconstruction zones

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1217-1226

  Al Kaisy, Ahmed ^a   Kerestes, Eric ^b  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Flaggers; Optimization; Simulation; Work zone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SPREADSHEETS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONVOY RULE; FIXED-QUEUE CONTROL; FIXED-TIME CONTROL; FLAGGERS; WORK ZONE;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SPREADSHEETS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846697382     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-060     Document Type: Article

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