A simple nonparametric car-following model driven by field data

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-201

  He, Zhengbing ^a   Zheng, Liang ^b   Guan, Wei ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Car following model; Data driven approach; Fundamental diagram; K nearest neighbour; Traffic oscillation

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH;

CAR FOLLOWING MODELS; DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH; DATA-DRIVEN MODEL; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; K-NEAREST NEIGHBOURS; SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84937954462     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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