On the fundamental diagram for freeway traffic: A novel calibration approach for single-regime models

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-102

  Qu, Xiaobo ^a   Wang, Shuaian ^b   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Fundamental diagram; Speed; Traffic flow theory; Traffic volume

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SPEED; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FLOW-DENSITY RELATIONSHIP; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; LEAST SQUARE METHODS; SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARE METHOD;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

CALIBRATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84922759172     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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