Signal design for an isolated intersection during congestion

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-466

  Talmor, I ^a   Mahalel, D ^b  

^a Center for Military Analyses   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congestion; Oversaturation; Signal design; Signalized intersection; Throughput

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; THROUGHPUT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

FLOW RATES; OVERSATURATION; SIGNAL DESIGN; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 33947417629     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602146     Document Type: Article

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