Microscopic traffic hysteresis in traffic oscillations: A behavioral perspective

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1440-1453

  Chen, Danjue ^a   Laval, Jorge A ^a   Ahn, Soyoung ^b   Zheng, Zuduo ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car following behavior; Generation mechanism; Traffic hysteresis; Traffic oscillations

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CAR FOLLOWING MODELS; CAR-FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENT STAGES; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DRIVER REACTION; GENERATION MECHANISM;

HYSTERESIS;

AUTOMOBILE; MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84867599758     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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