Synchronized traffic flow from a modified Lighthill-Whitman model

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Nelson, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

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

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; KINEMATICS;

SYNCHRONIZED FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 0034207253     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.R6052     Document Type: Article

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