Numerical simulation and analysis of traffic flow

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1678, 1999, Pages 251-260

  Zhang, H M ^a,b   Wu, T ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

LIGHTHILL-WHITHAM-RICHARDS MODEL; TRAFFIC FLOW ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0033225896     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1678-30     Document Type: Article

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