Assessment of I-4 contraflow plans microscopic versus mesoscopic simulation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2041, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Dixit, Vinayak V ^a   Ramasamy, Shenker ^a   Radwan, Essam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CELL TRANSMISSION MODEL; CONTRAFLOW; CONTRAFLOW LANE; CONTRAFLOW OPERATION; EVACUATION ROUTES; MESOSCOPIC SIMULATION; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; NORMAL FLOW; ORLANDO; ROAD NETWORK;

DISASTERS;

EID: 50849143805     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2041-10     Document Type: Article

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