A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SPEED-DENSITY HYPOTHESES
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO TEST AND EVALUATE SEVEN DIFFERENT SPEED-DENSITY MODELS: THE GREENSHIELD, GREENBERG, UNDERWOOD, EDIE, 2-REGIME LINEAR, 3-REGIME LINEAR, AND BELL CURVE MODELS. DATA WERE COLLECTED ON THE EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY DURING NORMAL TRAFFIC AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. AFTER FAILING TO ACHIEVE ANY CONCLUSIVE RESULTS FROM THE STATISTICAL TESTS, THE AUTHORS RECOMMENDED THE RELATIONSHIP ADVANCED BY EDIE ON INTUITIVE GROUNDS. /FHWA/
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Authors:
- Drake, Jennifer
- Schofer, J
- May, A
- Publication Date: 1965-6
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Expressways; Mathematical models; Statistical analysis; Traffic density; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Weather
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00227058
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:12PM