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The impact of autonomous vehicles on urban traffic network capacity: an experimental analysis by microscopic traffic simulation

Qiong Lua Department of Control for Transportation and Vehicle Systems, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tamás Tettamantia Department of Control for Transportation and Vehicle Systems, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-3653
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Dániel Hörcherb Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK;c Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-8096
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István Vargaa Department of Control for Transportation and Vehicle Systems, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungaryORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5727-9415
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Pages 540-549 | Published online: 06 Sep 2019

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