Derivation of continuum traffic flow models from microscopic follow-the-leader models

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 259-278

  Aw, A ^a   Klar, A ^b   Materne, T ^b   Rascle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Godunov scheme; Hydrodynamic limit; Microscopic and macroscopic traffic models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

CONTINUUM TRAFFIC FLOW MODELS; GODUNOV SCHEME; HYDRODYNAMIC LIMIT; MICROSCOPIC FOLLOW THE LEADER MODELS; TIME DISCRETIZATION METHOD;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0036706213     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139900380955     Document Type: Article

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