Generating more equitable traffic signal timing plans

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2192, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Kesur, Khewal Bhupendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

DELAY DISTRIBUTIONS; DELAY MINIMIZATION STRATEGY; MINIMISATION; MULTI-OBJECTIVES OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE METHOD; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZERS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PURE DELAY; SIGNAL TIMING PLAN; TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMINGS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79951522460     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2192-10     Document Type: Article

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