Study on the number and location of measurement points for an MFD perimeter control scheme: a case study of Zurich

EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 245-266

  Ortigosa, Javier ^a   Menendez, Monica ^a   Tapia, Hector ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Photonfocus AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Macroscopic fundamental diagram; Network fundamental diagram; Perimeter control implementation; Traffic measurements; Traffic monitoring; Urban traffic; Zurich

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064289244     PISSN: 21924376     EISSN: 21924384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13676-013-0034-0     Document Type: Article

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