Prediction of vehicle activity for emissions estimation under oversaturated conditions along signalized arterials

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-199

  Skabardonis, Alexander ^a   Geroliminis, Nikolas ^b   Christofa, Eleni ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Driving activity; Mathematical models; Traffic signal timing optimization; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS ESTIMATION; LOOP DETECTOR DATA; OVERSATURATED TRAFFIC; SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMINGS; VEHICLE ACTIVITY; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED;

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ACCELERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84887906191     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450.2012.704338     Document Type: Article

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