The effect of lane-change maneuvers on a simplified car-following theory

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-535

  Wang, Chao ^b,c   Coifman, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following; Lane change maneuvers; Road transportation; Traffic flow theory

Indexed keywords

SPEED; TRAJECTORIES;

CAR FOLLOWING; DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FLOW FLUCTUATIONS; LANE-CHANGE MANEUVERS; LARGE RANGE; LINEAR RELATIONS; RESPONSE TIME; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; SPACE AND TIME; TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY; TRAJECTORY DATA;

VEHICLES;

EID: 50649113705     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2008.928265     Document Type: Article

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