Review of urban traffic signal control methods to alleviate traffic congestion

Jiaotong Yunshu Xitong Gongcheng Yu Xinxi/ Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 36-45

  Zhao, Dong Bin ^a   Chen, Yang Zhou ^b   Yi, Jian Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Expressway network; Street network; Traffic congestion; Traffic signal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249128302     PISSN: 10096744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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