Periodic states, local effects and coexistence in the BML traffic jam model

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6170-6176

  Linesch, Nicholas J ^a   D'Souza, Raissa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

BML model; Phase transitions; Self organization; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; FLUID MECHANICS; JAMMING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

BIHAM-MIDDLETON-LEVINE MODEL; BML MODEL; GLOBAL PARAMETERS; INTERMEDIATE STATES; LATTICE MODELING; LIMIT CYCLES; LOCAL EFFECTS; PERIODIC STATES; PHASE-TRANSITIONS; RECURRENCE TIMES; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZATION; TIME-SCALES; TRAFFIC FLOWING; TRAFFIC JAMS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 49649098134     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.06.052     Document Type: Article

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