On the fundamental diagram and supply curves for congested urban networks

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 229-246

  Liu, Ronghui ^a   May, Tony ^a   Shepherd, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestion; Macroscopic fundamental diagrams; Microsimulation; Network management policies; Supply curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960094444     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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