Time-dependent analysis of density fluctuations and breakdown thresholds on congested freeways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1965, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Bassan, Shy ^a   Polus, Abishai ^b   Faghri, Ardeshir ^c  

^a NTA Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DENSE CONGESTED STABLE (DCS) FLOW; FREEWAY BREAKDOWN MODELING; LOG PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS (LPO); TRAFFIC DENSITY;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847134317     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1965-05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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