Estimation of flow and density using probe vehicles with spacing measurement equipment

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-150

  Seo, Toru ^a   Kusakabe, Takahiko ^a   Asakura, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced driver assistance system; Lagrangian sensing; Probe vehicle; Traffic flow; Traffic state estimation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; PROBES; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

EQUIPPED PROBE VEHICLES; FIXED POINT OBSERVATIONS; LAGRANGIAN; PROBE VEHICLES; ROAD TRAFFIC MONITORING; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC STATE ESTIMATION;

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84924596511     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.01.033     Document Type: Article

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