A TRAFFIC COUNTING DISTRIBUTION

Abstract

A traffic counting distribution is derived in which a minimum spacing or headway between units of traffic is taken into account. A comparison is made between this probability distribution and the Type I Counter distribution derived by W. Feller (On Probability Problems in the Theory of Counters, Interscience Publishers 1948, p. 105). Explicit expressions are derived for the mean and variance of count as well as the probability that the interval of interest is completely filled by vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 1961
Accession Number
AD0267585

Entities

People

  • Robert M. Oliver

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discrete Distribution
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • High Density
  • Intervals
  • Kolmogorov Equations
  • Low Density
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Standards
  • Time Intervals
  • Universities
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space