Probabilistic breakdown phenomenon at on-ramp bottlenecks in three-phase traffic theory

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1965, 2006, Pages 70-78

  Kerner, Boris S ^a   Klenov, Sergey L ^b  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

BREAKDOWN PHENOMENON; NUCLEATION RATE; TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN; TRAFFIC THEORY;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33847162016     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1965-08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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