A comparative study of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams of arterial road networks governed by adaptive traffic signal systems

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-23

  Zhang, Lele ^a,b   Garoni, Timothy M ^b   de Gier, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macroscopic fundamental diagram; Simulation; Traffic signal system

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; SIMULATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODEL; TIME-DEPENDENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; URBAN TRAFFIC FLOW; VARIOUS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84872962007     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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