Exploratory analysis of an optimal variable speed control system for a recurrently congested freeway bottleneck

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-209

  Yang, Xianfeng ^a   Lu, Yang ^a   Chang, Gang Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Kalman Filter; optimal control; traffic flow model; variable speed limit

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPEED; SPEED CONTROL; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME;

EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; TRAFFIC FLOW MODELING; TRAFFIC STATE ESTIMATION; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 85027924846     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.1285     Document Type: Article

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