Optimal ramp metering and variable speed signs for multiclass freeway traffic

2007 European Control Conference, ECC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1780-1785

  Caligaris, Carlo ^a   Sacone, Simona ^a   Siri, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS; VEHICLES;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; FREEWAY STRETCHES; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; MODELLING AND CONTROLS; MULTI-CLASS MODELS; OVERALL CONTROLS; RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84927731838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2007.7069052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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