Modeling freeway incident response time: A mechanism-based approach

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-100

  Hou, Lin ^a   Lao, Yunteng ^b   Wang, Yinhai ^b   Zhang, Zuo ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Li, Zhiheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Freeway incident; Incident response truck; Preparation delay; Response time; Travel time

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRAVEL TIME; TRUCKS;

AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFICS; DUAL LOOP DETECTOR DATA; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; INCIDENT RESPONSE; PREPARATION DELAY; RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE-TIME ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC FEATURES;

RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84873266119     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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