Criteria for convective versus absolute string instability in car-following models

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 467, Issue 2132, 2011, Pages 2185-2208

  Ward, Jonathan A ^a   Wilson, R Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car following models; Highway traffic; Instability; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

WAVE PROPAGATION;

CAR-FOLLOWING MODELS; GROUP VELOCITIES; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC; LINEAR STABILITY PROPERTIES; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES; SIGNAL VELOCITY; UPSTREAM DIRECTION;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

EID: 80051779238     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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