The Dynamics and the uncertainty of queues at fixed and actuated controls: A probabilistic approach

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-51

  Viti, Francesco ^a   Van Zuylen, Henk J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Planning and Design; Probability Distributions; Time dependent Queue Models

Indexed keywords

ACTUATED CONTROLS; COMPUTATION TIME; CONTROL SIGNALS; CONTROL TYPES; DYNAMIC CHARACTERS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATIONS; NETWORK RELIABILITIES; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PLANNING AND DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIORS; STOCHASTIC VARIABLES; TIME-DEPENDENT QUEUE MODELS; TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; QUEUEING THEORY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VEHICLES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 61449125105     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450802644470     Document Type: Article

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