The formation and structure of vehicle clusters in the Payne-Whitham traffic flow model

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-223

  Jin, W L ^a   Zhang, H M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Hyperbolic system of conservation laws with relaxation; Strong traveling waves; The Payne Whitham model; Transition layer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SHOCK WAVES; TRANSPORTATION;

VEHICLE CLUSTERS;

GROUND VEHICLES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037353363     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(02)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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