Validation techniques for region-level microscopic mass evacuation traffic simulations

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2229, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Dixit, Vinayak ^a   Montz, Thomas ^a   Wolshon, Brian ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EVACUATION MODELS; EVACUATION PLANS; LARGE-SCALE MODELING; LARGE-SCALES; LOUISIANA; MAJOR CITIES; MULTI-MODAL; NEW ORLEANS; REGIONAL LEVELS; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS;

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EID: 80053116903     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2229-08     Document Type: Article

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