Urban Traffic Jam Simulation Based on the Cell Transmission Model

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-64

  Long, Jiancheng ^a   Gao, Ziyou ^a   Zhao, Xiaomei ^a   Lian, Aiping ^a   Orenstein, Penina ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell transmission model; Channelization; Jam dissipation; Traffic jams

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953051753     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-008-9080-9     Document Type: Article

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