Location configuration design for Dynamic Message Signs under stochastic incident and ATIS scenarios

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-50

  Chiu, Yi Chang ^a   Huynh, Nathan ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced traveler information systems; Dynamic Message Signs; Dynamic traffic assignment; DYNASMART P; Stochastic programming with recourse; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS; DYNAMIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION; VEHICULAR TRAFFIC NETWORK;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 33947207335     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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