On the estimation of space-mean-speed from inductive loop detector data

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-104

  Han, Jiang ^a   Polak, John W ^a   Barria, Javier ^a   Krishnan, Rajesh ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ILD; Space mean speed; Time mean speed; Travel time estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION PERFORMANCE; ILD; INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTORS; REAL WORLD DATA; SPACE-MEAN-SPEED; TRAFFIC OPERATION; TRAFFIC STATE; TRAVEL TIME; TRAVEL TIME ESTIMATION; WARDROP;

ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; SPEED;

TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL TIME; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 73049104553     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060903429421     Document Type: Article

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