Exploration of the breakdown phenomenon in freeway traffic

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1634, 1998, Pages 64-69

  Persaud, Bhagwant ^a   Yagar, Sam ^b   Brownlee, Russel ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Totten Sims Hubicki Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING THEORY;

BREAKDOWN PHENOMENON;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0032207837     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1634-08     Document Type: Article

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