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Effects of Situational Characteristics on Drivers’ Merging into Freeway Traffic

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Baumann, M., Steenken, R., Kassner, A., Weber, L., Lüdtke, A. (2011). Effects of Situational Characteristics on Drivers’ Merging into Freeway Traffic. In: Cacciabue, P., Hjälmdahl, M., Luedtke, A., Riccioli, C. (eds) Human Modelling in Assisted Transportation. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1821-1_37

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