Optimal motorway traffic flow control involving variable speed limits and ramp metering

Transportation Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-253

  Carlson, Rodrigo C ^a,b   Papamichail, Ioannis ^a   Papageorgiou, Markos ^a   Messmer, Albert ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fundamental diagram; Motorway traffic control; Optimal control; Ramp metering; Variable speed limits

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DISCRETE-TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; RAMP METERING; TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL; TRAFFIC FLOW MODELING; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 77952517928     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1090.0314     Document Type: Article

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