Entangled communities and spatial synchronization lead to criticality in urban traffic

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Petri, Giovanni ^a   Expert, Paul ^b,c   Jensen, Henrik J ^b   Polak, John W ^b  

^a ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877768927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01798     Document Type: Article

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