Traffic simulation with Aimsun

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 145, Issue , 2010, Pages 173-232

  Casas, Jordi ^a,b   Ferrer, Jaime L ^a   Garcia, David ^a   Perarnau, Josep ^a   Torday, Alex ^a  

^a TSS Transport Simulation Systems   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84898444779     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6142-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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