ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS IN THE MERGING DELAY PROBLEM

EARLY STUDIES OF THE PROBLEM OF MERGING DELAY AT AN UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION USED THE ASSUMPTION OF A STEP GAP ACCEPTANCE FUNCTION. MANY MEASUREMENTS EXIST OF GAP ACCEPTANCE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT OF THIS FORM. THE AUTHORS EXAMINE THE THEORETICAL CONSEQUENCES OF REPLACING A REALISTIC GAP ACCEPTANCE FUNCTION BY ONE THAT IS A STEP FUNCTION, AND SHOW THAT SEVERAL IMPORTANT PARAMETERS ARE RELATIVELY INSENSITIVE TO THE CHANGE, WHEN THE MAIN STREAM OF TRAFFIC FOLLOWS A POISSON DISTRIBUTION. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, No 2, PP 125-139
• Corporate Authors:

  System Development Corporation

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• Authors:
  • Blumenfeld, D E
  • Weiss, G H
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Functions (Mathematics); Gap acceptance; Intersections; Merging traffic; Poisson ratio; Traffic delays; Traffic flow theory
• Old TRIS Terms: Poissons ratio
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227283
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM