Mathematical modeling of vehicular traffic: A discrete kinetic theory approach

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 901-932

  Delitala, Marcello ^a   Tosin, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete kinetic theory; Interaction length; Probabilistic interactions; Table of games; Traffic flow modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249789588     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202507002157     Document Type: Article

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