Modelling and simulations of multilane traffic flow by kinetic theory methods

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2418-2428

  Bonzani, I ^a   Gramani Cumin, L M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equilibrium flow; Kinetic theory; Multilane traffic flow; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC THEORY; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

EQUILIBRIUM FLOW; HOMOGENEOUS CONDITIONS; MULTILANE TRAFFIC FLOW; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ROAD CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC FLOWING; VEHICULAR TRAFFIC;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 52049090561     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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