Development and evaluation of a constrained optimization model for traffic signal plan transition

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-198

  Lee, Jisun ^a   Williams, Billy M ^b  

^a Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control optimization; Genetic algorithms; Signal plan transition; Traffic control

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONTROL OPTIMIZATION; DELAY MINIMIZATION; GEOMETRIC CONDITIONS; MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS; TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM; TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMINGS; TRAFFIC-RESPONSIVE PLAN SELECTIONS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOMETRY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL;

EID: 80054775970     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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