Dynamics of variable speed limit system surrounding bottleneck on German autobahn

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1978, 2006, Pages 149-159

  Bertini, Robert L ^a   Boice, Steven ^a   Bogenberger, Klaus ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b BMW GROUP   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DRIVER INFORMATION DATA SOURCES; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT SYSTEM;

SPEED CONTROL;

EID: 33847254414     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1978-20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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