Flow breakdown and travel time reliability

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2124, 2009, Pages 203-212

  Dong, Jing ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BREAKDOWN TIME; DISCRETE TIME MARKOV CHAINS; ONLINE PREDICTION; PROBABILISTICS; REAL-WORLD; RELIABILITY-BASED; TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRIX; TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY; TRAVEL-TIME;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 76149140904     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2124-20     Document Type: Article

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