The role of traffic simulation in traffic signal control system development

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 872-877

  Ghaman, R S ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   McHale, Gene ^a   Stallard, C ^c  

^a Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

^b ITT INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^c ITT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Control Systems; Real Time Systems; Traffic Control Systems; Traffic Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

APPLICATION SERVERS; COMPLIANT INTERFACES; FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 84953710255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2003.1252074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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