A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS: PHASE III

THE REPORT SUMMARIZED THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY UNDER CONTRACT TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. THERE ARE SEVEN REPORTS LISTED BELOW, DOCUMENTING THE RESULTS OF THE VARIOUS RESEARCHERS' INVESTIGATIONS. EMPHASIS WAS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICAL PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING PARAMETERS AND TESTS OF VALIDITY OF MODELS. THE TITLES OF THE REPORTS ARE THE FOLLOWING: THE WAITING TIME OF A VEHICLE IN QUEUE; IMPROVEMENTS ON ROBUST ESTIMATION THROUGH ITERATION; MOMENT FORMULAS FOR (X/M); TESTING POISSON VERSUS ERLANG, USING COUNT DATA; COMPARISON OF TWO SERIES OF TRAFFIC FLOW HEADWAYS; ESTIMATION OF GAP DISTRIBUTIONS; AND A COUNTING MODEL FOR FLOW GROUPED INTO CATEGORIES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract FH-11-7661
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida State University, Tallahassee

  Department of Statistics
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32306-3033
• Authors:
  • Bradey, R A
  • Serfling, R J
  • Shimi, I N
  • Kimeldorf, G S
• Publication Date: 1971-11-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic; Mathematical models; Network analysis (Planning); Probability theory; Queuing; Statistical analysis; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Waiting time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Network flows; Parameters
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular traffic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227374
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Summ Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM