Speed prediction models for multilane highways: Simultaneous equations approach

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 855-862

  Himes, Scott C ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilane highways; Operating speed; Regression models; Simultaneous equations

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENEITY; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATOR; MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY; OPERATING SPEED; REGRESSION MODEL; RESEARCH STUDIES; ROADWAY GEOMETRICS; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS; SPEED MODELS; SPEED PREDICTION MODELS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; TWO-LANE; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

DESIGN; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

SPEED;

AUTOMOBILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; ROAD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77956819415     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000149     Document Type: Article

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