Safety evaluation for intergreen intervals at signalized intersections based on probabilistic method

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2128, 2009, Pages 226-235

  Tang, Keshuang ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTROL POLICY; ESTIMATION APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY; SAFETY ESTIMATION; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SIGNAL CONTROL; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC CONFLICT TECHNIQUES; VALUE-BASED;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 76149102263     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2128-23     Document Type: Article

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