A generalised stability criterion for motorway traffic

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-154

  Holland, E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY CRITERIA;

CONTINUUM THEORY; MOTORWAY TRAFFIC;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

METHODOLOGY; MOTORWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

UK;

EID: 0031988776     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-2615(97)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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