Simulation using gipps’ car-following model—an in-depth analysis

Transportmetrica

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-245

  Spyropoulou, Ioanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Deceleration; Model properties; Saturation flow; Traffic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549100818     PISSN: 18128602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128600708685675     Document Type: Article

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