Study on heterogeneous traffic flow characteristics of a two-lane road

Transport

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-196

  Sharma, Nitish ^a   Arkatkar, Shriniwas Shrikant ^a   Sarkar, Ashoke Kumar ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Chisquare test; Flow parameters; Fundamental traffic relationships; Heterogeneous mix; Regression fit analysis; Trafic characteristics

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

CHI-SQUARE TESTS; FLOW PARAMETERS; FUNDAMENTAL TRAFFIC RELATIONSHIPS; REGRESSION-FIT ANALYSIS; TRAFIC CHARACTERISTICS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 80052754729     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16484142.2011.593120     Document Type: Review

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