Specialist: A dynamic speed limit control algorithm based on shock wave theory

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 827-832

  Hegyi, A ^a   Hoogendoorn, S P ^a   Schreuder, M ^b   Stoelhorst, H ^b   Viti, F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC SPEED; MAXIMUM DENSITIES; PARAMETER-TUNING; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; ROBUST BEHAVIORS; SIMULATION EXAMPLES; SPEED LIMITS; TRAFFIC FLOWS; UNIQUE FEATURES; WAVE THEORIES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SHOCK WAVES; SPEED; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; TUNING; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

WAVES;

EID: 60749096653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2008.4732611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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