Calibration procedure for gipps car-following model

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1999, 2007, Pages 115-127

  Rakha, Hesham ^a   Via, Charles F ^a   Pecker, Caroline Cavagni ^b   Cybis, Helena Beatriz Bettella ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GROUND VEHICLES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPEED CONTROL;

CALIBRATION PROCESS; GIPPS CAR-FOLLOWING MODELS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 38849181637     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1999-13     Document Type: Article

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