Effectiveness of en route traffic information in developing countries using conventional discrete choice and neural-network models

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 486-506

  Bagloee, Saeed Asadi ^a   Ceder, Avi ^b   Bozic, Claire ^c  

^a PARSONS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced traveler information services (ATIS); conventional discrete; developing countries; drivers' response; radio traffic information (RTI)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SERVICES;

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SERVICES; BROADCASTING SERVICE; CONVENTIONAL DISCRETE; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PREDICTION ACCURACY; TRAFFIC INFORMATION;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 85027946940     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.1198     Document Type: Article

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