Microscopic car-following model for the traffic flow: The state of the art

Journal of Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-143

  Li, Yongfu ^a   Sun, Dihua ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Car following model; Intelligent transportation systems; Nonlinear analysis; Stability analysis; Traffic flow

Indexed keywords

CAR-FOLLOWING; CAR-FOLLOWING MODELS; FULL VELOCITY DIFFERENCES; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC FLOW;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; AUTOMOBILES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84859591388     PISSN: 16726340     EISSN: 10008152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11768-012-9221-z     Document Type: Article

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