An improved cellular automaton model for traffic flow simulation

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 676-686

  Emmerich, H ^a   Rank, E ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Critical density; Fundamental diagram; Implicit propagation; Maximum flux

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; TRAFFIC FLOW;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0030822360     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00310-X     Document Type: Article

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