Analysis of the breakdown process on congested freeways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2124, 2009, Pages 58-66

  Habib Mattar, Caroline ^a   Polus, Abishai ^b   Cohen, Moshe A ^c  

^a Aram Engineers   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN PHENOMENA; BREAKDOWN PROCESS; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FLOW OSCILLATIONS; LOGISTICS MODEL; MICROSCOPIC FLOW; PEAK PERIOD; RESEARCH FOCUS; TIME MODELING; UNSTABLE FLOWS;

EID: 76149130091     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2124-06     Document Type: Article

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