Intelligent control of roadway lighting to optimize safety benefits per overall costs

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 968-972

  Bullough, John D ^a   Rea, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SCHEMES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; COSTS AND BENEFITS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; OVERALL COSTS; PAYBACK PERIODS; ROADWAY LIGHTING; SAFETY BENEFITS; SPECIFIC COST; TRAFFIC VOLUME DATA; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; VISUAL PERFORMANCE;

COSTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; LIGHTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 83755194832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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