Coupled linear programming approach for decentralized control of urban traffic

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2439, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-93

  Li, Jia ^a   Zhang, H Michael ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; QUEUEING THEORY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

CONGESTED NETWORKS; DECENTRALISED; DECENTRALISED CONTROL; INTERSECTION CAPACITY; LINEAR-PROGRAMMING; QUEUE SPILLBACK; SIGNAL CONTROL STRATEGY; TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL; URBAN TRAFFIC; URBAN TRAFFIC SYSTEM;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84975859172     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2439-08     Document Type: Article

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