Analyses of the stability and wave properties of a new continuum traffic theory

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 399-415

  Zhang, H M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Stability; Traffic flow; Traffic waves

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTINUUM TRAFFIC THEORY; TRAFFIC WAVES;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0032653354     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(98)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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