The ergodic theory of traffic jams

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 413-452

  Gray, Lawrence ^a   Griffeath, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative flow; Ergodic; Interacting particle system; Phase separation; Traffic jam

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035498174     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012202706850     Document Type: Article

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