Signal setting design on a road network: Application of a system of models in evacuation conditions

WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies

Volumn 43 PART I, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Marciano F A ^a   Musolino, G ^a   Vitetta, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Application; Evacuation conditions; Signal setting design model

Indexed keywords

DESIGN MODELS; EVACUATION CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; PATH CHOICE; ROAD NETWORK; SETTING PARAMETERS;

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84865109359     PISSN: 17433517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/RISK100381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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