Evolution of oscillations in congested traffic: Improved estimation method and additional empirical evidence

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2124, 2009, Pages 194-202

  Laval, Jorge ^a   Chen, Danjue ^a   Amer, Karim Ben ^b   Guin, Angshuman ^a   Ahn, Soyoung ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CHARACTERISTIC LINES; CONGESTED TRAFFIC; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHODS; FREEWAY SEGMENTS; INPUT PARAMETER; OSCILLATION AMPLITUDE; WAVESPEED;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 76149083588     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2124-19     Document Type: Article

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