Characterizing travel time variability in vehicular traffic networks

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2315, 2012, Pages 141-152

  Mahmassani, Hani ^a   Hou, Tian ^a   Dong, Jing ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CENTRAL TENDENCIES; MEAN DEVIATION; MEAN VALUES; PER UNIT; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRAFFIC NETWORKS; TRAVEL TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY; TRAVEL TIME VARIABILITIES; TRAVEL-TIME;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84897585115     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2315-15     Document Type: Article

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