Prediction and field validation of traffic oscillation propagation under nonlinear car-following laws

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-423

  Li, Xiaopeng ^a   Wang, Xin ^b   Ouyang, Yanfeng ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Describing function; Empirical validation; Nonlinear car following law; Prediction; Traffic oscillation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORIES;

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; CAR FOLLOWING; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; OSCILLATION CHARACTERISTICS; OSCILLATION PROPAGATION; REAL-WORLD TRAJECTORIES;

FORECASTING;

CALIBRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 84862787689     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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