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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT Page SUMMARY OF FINDINGS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH APPROACH Problem Statement Research Objectives Project Objectives Mode} Development Issues and Scope Research Approach CHAPTER 2 FINDINGS ......................... signal Timing Plan Estimation Evaluation of He Signal Timing Estimation Mode} Estimation of Delay at Traffic-Actua~ Intersections CHAPTER 3 INTERPRETATION, APPRAISAL AND APPLICATIONS Relationship to other Traffic-Ace In~:hon Models Limitations of He Traffic-Actuated Timing Estimation Procedure CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations on Future Research Recommendations on the Role of Simulation REFERENCES APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D 13 Literature Review Survey of Current Practice Development of an Analytical Model for Predicting Phase Tones at TrafEc-Actuated Intersections ...................... Development of Uniform Delay Equations for Traflic-Actuated Control 29 35 38 A-1 B-1 C-1 D-1 APPENDIX E A Computational Framework and Illustrated Examples for Trailic-ActllateldControllerModeling E-1 APPENDIX F Description of Data Sets used for Model Evaluation in NCHRP Project 3-4X ...... F-1 APPENDIX G Description of Software for Implementation and Testing of He ProposedAnalyticalModel G-1 APPENDIX H PHot Field Study Results H- 1 NCHRP Project 3-48 Final Report: Page ii
