Assessing the changes in operating traffic stream conditions due to weather conditions

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 21, 2010, Pages 33-46

  El Faouzi, N E ^a,b   De Mouzon, O ^a,b   Billot, R ^a,b   Sau, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Data mining; Drivers behaviors; Traffic modelling; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE WEATHER; CHARACTERISATION; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DRIVERS BEHAVIORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; REAL TIME MONITORING; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SURFACE DATA; TRAFFIC COMPOSITIONS; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC MODELLING; TRAFFIC OPERATION; TRAFFIC STREAMS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER EFFECT; IMPACT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS;

DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; METEOROLOGY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAIN; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; WEATHERING;

ROADS AND STREETS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78651569141     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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