Estimating the parameters of Cowan's M3 headway distribution for roundabout capacity analyses

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Vasconcelos, Luis ^a   Silva, Ana Bastos ^b   Seco, Álvaro ^b   Silva, João ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capacity; Cowan M3; Headway; Roundabout; Sensitivity analyses; Statistical distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873665362     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/bjrbe.2012.35     Document Type: Article

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