A first order model in traffic flow

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Velasco, R M ^a   Saavedra, P ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Burgers equation; Traffic flow

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BURGERS EQUATION; INFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; PAVERI-FONTANA EQUATION; TRAFFIC FLOW;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 34247122351     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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