Network capacity, traffic instability, and adaptive driving: findings from simulated urban network experiments

EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 289-308

  Saberi, Meead ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^a   Zockaie, Ali ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive driving; Gridlock; Hysteresis; Network capacity; Network fundamental diagram; Phase transition; Traffic instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926287514     PISSN: 21924376     EISSN: 21924384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13676-013-0040-2     Document Type: Article

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