Determining traffic-flow characteristics by definition for application in ITS

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Daiheng, Ni ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Space mean speed (SMS); Traffic flow characteristics

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS); SPACE MEAN SPEED (SMS); TRAFFIC-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 34249914759     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2006.888621     Document Type: Article

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