Fundamental diagram estimation through passing rate measurements in congestion

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-359

  Chiabaut, Nicolas ^a   Buisson, Christine ^a   Leclercq, Ludovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Equilibrium traffic state; Fundamental diagram (FD); Macroscopic; Next Generation Simulation (NGSim); Passing rate; Traffic flow theory

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM TRAFFIC STATE; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM (FD); MACROSCOPIC; NEXT GENERATION SIMULATION (NGSIM); PASSING RATE; TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW SIMULATION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 67650251619     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2009.2018963     Document Type: Article

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