Managing oversaturated signalized arterials: A maximum flow based approach

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-211

  Hu, Heng ^a   Wu, Xinkai ^b   Liu, Henry X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward Backward Procedure; Maximum flow problem; Oversaturation Severity Index (OSI); Traffic signal systems

Indexed keywords

QUEUEING THEORY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTERIAL NETWORKS; DISCHARGING CAPACITY; FORWARD-BACKWARD PROCEDURE; MAXIMUM FLOW PROBLEMS; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODELS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OVERSATURATED TRAFFIC; SEVERITY INDEX;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ALGORITHM; FLOW MODELING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; PASADENA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885229027     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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