Methods for defining spatiotemporal influence areas and secondary incident detection in Freeways

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-80

  Imprialou, Maria Ioanna M ^a   Orfanou, Foteini P ^b   Vlahogianni, Eleni I ^c   Karlaftis, Matthew G ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic thresholds; Freeway operation; Influence area; Secondary incidents

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DYNAMIC THRESHOLD; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FREEWAY OPERATIONS; INCIDENT DETECTION; INFLUENCE AREA; SECONDARY INCIDENTS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

DETECTORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOTORWAY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84891365459     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000612     Document Type: Article

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