Consistency of the synchronized traffic flow of Kerner with a diffusively corrected Lighthill-Whitham model

Proceedings of the Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 594-601

  Nelson, Paul ^a   Hu, Zonghui ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematic wave theory; Models; Traffic flow; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

KINEMATIC-WAVE THEORY; SYNCHRONIZED FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WAVE MODELS;

KINEMATICS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

KINEMATIC WAVE MODEL; LIGHTHILL-WHITHAM MODEL; SYNCHRONIZED TRAFFIC FLOW;

EID: 0033682388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40503(277)92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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