Stochastic modeling of the equilibrium speed-density relationship

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-150

  Wang, Haizhong ^a   Ni, Daiheng ^a   Chen, Qian Yong ^b   Li, Jia ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

fundamental diagram; Karhunen Lo ve expansion; stochastic speed density model

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; MACROSCOPIC APPROACH; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; SPEED-DENSITY; SPEED-DENSITY RELATIONSHIPS; TRAFFIC DYNAMICS; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW MODELING; TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84872085400     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.172     Document Type: Article

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