Modeling driver behavior at freeway-ramp merges

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2249, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Kondyli, Alexandra ^a   Elefteriadou, Lily ^b  

^a ANKA Consulting Inc ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TURBULENCE MODELS; VEHICLES;

CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; COMPOSITE BEHAVIOR; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; FREEWAY TRAFFIC; GAP-ACCEPTANCE; MERGING BEHAVIOR; MERGING PROCESS; MODEL DRIVERS; VEHICLE INTERACTIONS;

MERGING;

EID: 84255189684     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2249-05     Document Type: Article

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