Design of a new urban traffic control system using modified ant colony optimization approach

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Foroughi, R ^a   Montazer, Gh A ^b   Sabzevari, R ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AIU   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Combinational optimization; Path planning; Swarm intelligence; Urban traffic control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOTION PLANNING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 44249107602     PISSN: 10286284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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