Standing waves and the influence of speed limits

2001 European Control Conference, ECC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1228-1232

  Lenz, H ^a   Sollacher, R ^a   Lang, M ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

control of complex systems; decentralized systems; stabilization of non linear systems; Traffic control automation; transportation systems

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; LINEAR SYSTEMS;

CONTROL AUTOMATION; CONTROL OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; HOMOGENEOUS TRAFFIC FLOW; MACROSCOPIC TRAFFIC MODELING; STOP-AND-GO WAVES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

SPEED;

EID: 84947475139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2001.7076084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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