Cell transmission model based variable speed limit control for freeways

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-56

  Hadiuzzaman, Md ^a   Qiu, Tony Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity drop; Cell transmission model; Fundamental diagram; Model predictive control; Variable speed limit

Indexed keywords

CELL TRANSMISSION MODEL; CONTROL MODEL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DEMAND SUPPLIES; FREE FLOW SPEED; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; MODEL-PREDICTIVE CONTROL APPROACH; NORTH AMERICAN; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC MOBILITY; URBAN FREEWAYS; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

ALGORITHMS; DROPS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONTROL SYSTEM; DIAGRAM; MOBILITY; MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84873941361     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2012-0101     Document Type: Article

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