Stability of traffic flow behavior with distributed delays modeling the memory effects of the drivers

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 738-759

  Sipahi, Rifat ^a   Atay, Fatihcan M ^b   Niculescu, Silviu Iulian ^c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Distributed delay; Memory; Traffic dynamics; Traffic flow stability

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MATHEMATICS; CAR-FOLLOWING MODELS; CASE STUDIES; CONTROL ACTIONS; CONTROL DECISIONS; DELAY DISTRIBUTIONS; DELAY TIMES; DISCRETE DELAYS; DISTRIBUTED DELAYS; HUMAN DRIVERS; MEMORY CAPABILITIES; MEMORY EFFECTS; PARAMETER SPACES; STABILITY ANALYSIS (IGC: E5/E13); STABILITY REGIONS; TRAFFIC FLOWING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HISTORY; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 47149084701     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060673813     Document Type: Article

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