A macroscopic signal optimization model for arterials under heavy mixed traffic flows

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 805-817

  Chen, Yen Yu ^a   Chang, Gang Len ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial control; multiclass traffic; signal optimization

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BENCHMARK PROGRAMS; MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS; MIXED TRAFFIC FLOW; MULTI CLASS TRAFFIC; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SIGNAL DESIGN METHODS; SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84938699369     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2013.2289961     Document Type: Article

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