Experimental analysis of car-following dynamics and traffic stability

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1934, 2005, Pages 22-32

  Ranjitkar, Prakash ^a   Nakatsuji, Takashi ^a   Kawamura, Akira ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CAR-FOLLOWING DYNAMICS; GENERAL MOTORS (CO); VEHICLE CONTROL;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33645776463     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1934-03     Document Type: Article

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