Jointly analyzing freeway traffic incident clearance and response time using a copula-based approach

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 86, Issue , 2018, Pages 171-182

  Zou, Yajie ^a   Ye, Xin ^a   Henrickson, Kristian ^b   Tang, Jinjun ^c   Wang, Yinhai ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clearance time; Copula; Freeway incident; Response time

Indexed keywords

RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TRANSPORTATION;

ACCELERATED FAILURE TIME MODELS; CLEARANCE TIME; COPULA; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ESTIMATION AND PREDICTIONS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; SEATTLE , WASHINGTON; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MOTORWAY; PREDICTION; ROAD TRAFFIC; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA]; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 85034596660     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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