Critical thresholds in a relaxation model for traffic flows

Indiana University Mathematics Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1409-1430

  Li, Tong ^a   Liu, Hailiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thresholds; Finite time singularity; Global regularity; Quasi linear relaxation model; Traffic flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349106455     PISSN: 00222518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1512/iumj.2008.57.3215     Document Type: Article

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