Paramics simulation of periodic oscillations caused by network geometry

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1934, 2005, Pages 188-196

  Jin, Wen Long ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

CAR-FOLLOWING; PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS; TRAFFIC STATES;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33645769501     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1934-20     Document Type: Article

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