A traffic analysis zone definition: A new methodology and algorithm

Transportation

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-599

  Martínez, Luis M ^a   Viegas, José Manuel ^a   Silva, Elisabete A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS (geographic information systems); TAZ (transportation analysis zones); Transportation demand models; Transportation planning studies

Indexed keywords

DENSITY SURFACES; GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS); LOCAL ALGORITHM; METROPOLITAN AREA; O-D MATRIX; ORIGIN AND DESTINATIONS; STATISTICAL PRECISION; TAZ (TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS ZONES); TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES; TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MODELS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING STUDIES; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; GIS; METHODOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849084864     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9214-z     Document Type: Article

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