Real-time merging traffic control with applications to toll plaza and work zone management

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-553

  Papageorgiou, M ^a   Papamichail, I ^a   Spiliopoulou, A D ^a   Lentzakis, A F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ALINEA; Bottleneck control; Merging traffic control; Toll plaza management; Work zone management

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MERGING; TOLL HIGHWAYS;

ALINEA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; THROUGHPUT MAXIMIZATION; TOLL PLAZAS; TRAFFIC CONTROL APPLICATIONS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; WORK ZONES;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING METHOD; REAL TIME; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 45849139376     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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