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On the relation between offered, critical and accepted gap distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Torbjörn Thedeen
Torbjörn Thedeen*
Affiliation:
University of Stockholm
*
∗Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of Stockholm, P.O. Box 6701, S–113 85 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Abstract

We consider the situation when vehicles in a minor road try to cross a major road. The relation between the distributions of the critical, offered and accepted gaps is studied. Estimates of the critical gap distribution from observations of offered and accepted gaps are given and also studied in some simulation examples.

Keywords

TRAFFIC AT ROAD INTERSECTIONSESTIMATION OF CRITICAL GAP DISTRIBUTIONS
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 54 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1979 

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