Variable speed limit: A microscopic analysis in a connected vehicle environment

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-159

  Khondaker, Bidoura ^a   Kattan, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connected vehicle; Macroscopic; Microscopic; Optimization; Sustainability; Variable speed limit

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEED; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME; VEHICLES;

ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; MACROSCOPIC; MICROSCOPIC; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC FLOW PREDICTION; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALGORITHM; MOBILITY; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84938833651     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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