GIS coupled with traffic simulation and optimization for incident response

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-132

  Huang, Bo ^a   Pan, Xiaohong ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Incident management; Incident response; Optimization; Traffic simulation; Vehicle dispatching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLES;

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; INCIDENT RESPONSE; TRAFFIC SIMULATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 33847312227     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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