Probabilistic models for queues at fixed control signals

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-135

  Viti, Francesco ^a   van Zuylen, Henk J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fixed controls; Probability theory and Markov Chains; Queuing theory; Spillback

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN PLANNING;

MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILITY THEORY; QUEUING THEORY; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; SPILLBACK; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING; TRAVEL TIME ESTIMATION;

QUEUEING THEORY;

CONTROL SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 71549162045     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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