Likelihood and duration of flow breakdown: Modeling the effect of weather

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2188, 2010, Pages 19-28

  Kim, Jiwon ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^a   Dong, Jing ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

% REDUCTIONS; ANALYSIS APPROACH; BREAKDOWN BEHAVIOR; BREAKDOWN MODEL; CONDITION; FREEWAY FLOW BREAKDOWNS; HIGH BREAKDOWN; PREBREAKDOWN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN;

RAIN;

EID: 79551588996     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2188-03     Document Type: Article

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