A progressive deployment strategy for cooperative adaptive cruise control to improve traffic dynamics

International Journal of Automation and Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Arnaout, Georges M ^a   Bowling, Shannon ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based traffic simulation; cooperative adaptive cruise control; Intelligent transportation systems; telematics; traffic simulation; vehicular adhoc networks

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; COMMERCE; CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES; VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COOPERATIVE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLES; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODELS; TELEMATICS; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS; VEHICULAR ADHOC NETWORKS (VANETS);

CRUISE CONTROL;

EID: 84893636087     PISSN: 14768186     EISSN: 17518520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11633-014-0760-2     Document Type: Article

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