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Abbreviations

ADAS:

Advanced driver assistance systems

AHS:

Automated highway system

IVHS:

Intelligent vehicle/highway system

MPC:

Model predictive control

OD:

Origin-destination

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  1. Department of Transport and Planning, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Andreas Hegyi

  2. Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

    Tom Bellemans

  3. Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Bart De Schutter

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Hegyi, A., Bellemans, T., De Schutter, B. (2019). Freeway Traffic Management and Control. In: Kerner, B. (eds) Complex Dynamics of Traffic Management. Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8763-4_232

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