Robust optimal traffic signal timing

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 911-924

  Yin, Yafeng ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre timed; Robust timing; Signal control; Traffic fluctuations

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; PRE-TIMED; ROBUST TIMING; SIGNAL CONTROL; TRAFFIC FLUCTUATIONS; TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMINGS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 52749095574     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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