Capability-enhanced microscopic simulation with real-time traffic signal control

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-632

  Fang, Fang Clara ^a   Elefteriadou, Lily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Adaptive systems; Application programming interface; Intelligent systems; Real time systems; Simulation; Traffic control (transportation); Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIAMONDS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

ACTUAL OPERATIONS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL; API FUNCTIONS; APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS; DP ALGORITHMS; DRIVER BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC LINKS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION MODELS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATIONS; OFFLINE; REAL-TIME TRAFFICS; SIGNAL CONTROLS; SIGNAL OPTIMIZATIONS; SIGNAL PLANS; SIMULATED NETWORKS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION PROGRAMS; TIME SIGNALS; TRAFFIC SIMULATION PROGRAMS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

EID: 57149146853     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2008.2006770     Document Type: Article

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