Extended implementation method for virtual sensors: Web-based real-time transportation data collection and analysis for incident management

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2528, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-37

  Kurkcu, Abdullah ^a   Morgul, Ender Faruk ^a   Ozbay, Kaan ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA-SOURCE; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; OPEN DATUM; REAL- TIME; REAL-TIME TRANSPORTATION; SENSOR WEB; SOCIAL MEDIA DATUM; VIRTUAL SENSOR; WEB BASED;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84976585379     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2528-04     Document Type: Article

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