Development of a VISSIM simulation model for U-turns at unsignalized intersections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1333-1339

  Liu, Pan ^a   Qu, Xu ^a   Yu, Hao ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Cao, Bing ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Capacity; Genetic algorithm; Simulation; U turn

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL FEATURES; CAPACITY; NONTRAVERSABLE MEDIANS; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC SIMULATION PROGRAM; TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS; U-TURN; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

CALIBRATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84875509308     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000438     Document Type: Article

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