Mechanisms for spatio-temporal pattern formation in highway traffic models

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1872, 2008, Pages 2017-2032

  Wilson, R Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Highway traffic modelling; Nonlinear dynamics; Stop and go waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC MODELLING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC PATTERNS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 42549155135     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0018     Document Type: Article

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