The Prigogine-Herman kinetic model predicts widely scattered traffic flow data at high concentrations

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 32B, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 589-604

  Nelson, Paul ^a   Sopasakis, Alexandros ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetic theory of vehicular traffic; Prigogine Hermar model; Traffic flow; Traffic stream models; Unstable flow

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

DATA REDUCTION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; URBAN PLANNING;

KINETIC THEORY OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; PRIGOGINE-HERMAN KINETIC MODELS; TRAFFIC STREAM MODELS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0032219179     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(98)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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