Examining headway distribution models with urban freeway loop event data

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1999, 2007, Pages 141-149

  Zhang, Guohui ^a   Wang, Yinhai ^a   Wei, Heng ^b   Chen, Yanyan ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC RESEARCH; VEHICLE HEADWAY DISTRIBUTION;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 38849112589     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1999-15     Document Type: Article

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