@article{ref1,
title="Toward a Markovian traffic control evaluation system",
journal="Highway research record",
year="1973",
author="Haefner, Lonnie E. and Warner, John A.",
volume="456",
number="",
pages="20-27",
abstract="The objective of this paper is to present a technique for evaluating traffic control alternatives and resultant performance changes in a complex traffic system. The system can be described as existing in a finite number of states, with some known probability of transition from one state to another in a given time period. Limited field examples from the merging section of the Baltimore Harbor tunnel are presented and analyzed through a multistage optimization process, termed markovian decision theory. The technique prescribes an optimal traffic control alternative for each possible state of the system. Changes in flow-density relationships, employment of traffic cones, and a hypothesized metering example are discussed as preliminary tests of the technique.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0073-2206",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}