Phase transition model of non-stationary traffic flow: Definition, properties and solution method

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-55

  Blandin, Sébastien ^a   Argote, Juan ^b   Bayen, Alexandre M ^b,c   Work, Daniel B ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell transmission model; Driver heterogeneity; Macroscopic model; Model benchmark; Numerical method; Traffic flow

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING;

CELL TRANSMISSION MODEL; DISCRETE FORMULATIONS; DRIVER HETEROGENEITY; LIGHTHILL-WHITHAM-RICHARDS MODELS; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; NON-STATIONARY TRAFFICS; PHASE TRANSITION MODEL; TRAFFIC FLOW;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

BENCHMARKING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84876306985     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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