Optimizing Work Zones for Two-Lane Urban Road Maintenance Projects

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 644-650

  Huang, Qian ^a   Shi, Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

delay; maintenance; non motor interference; optimizing; work zone

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COSTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST OF MAINTENANCE; DELAY; MOTOR INTERFERENCE; OPTIMIZING; ROAD MAINTENANCE; SEVERE CONGESTION; TRIAL-AND-ERROR METHOD; WORK ZONES;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 58649119402     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(08)70106-8     Document Type: Article

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