Flow-based freeway travel-time estimation: A comparative evaluation within dynamic path loading

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 772-781

  Celikoglu, Hilmi Berk ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Simulation; traffic flow; travel time

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; DISCRETE TIME INTERVALS; DYNAMIC NETWORK LOADING; DYNAMIC NETWORK MODELING; MESOSCOPIC SIMULATION; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME;

LOADING;

EID: 84878693782     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2012.2234455     Document Type: Article

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