Description
Creating Traffic Models is a challenging task because some of their interactions and system components are difficult to adequately express in a mathematical form. Traffic Flow Theory: Characteristics, Experimental Methods, and Numerical Techniques provide traffic engineers with the necessary methods and techniques for mathematically representing traffic flow. The book begins with a rigorous but easy to understand exposition of traffic flow characteristics including Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and traffic sensing technologies.- Includes worked out examples and cases to illustrate concepts, models, and theories- Provides modeling and analytical procedures for supporting different aspects of traffic analyses for supporting different flow models- Carefully explains the dynamics of traffic flow over time and space
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsPart I Traffic Flow Characteristics1 Traffic Sensing Technologies2 Traffic Flow Characteristics I3 Traffic Flow characteristics II4 Equilibrium Traffic Flow ModelsPart II Macroscopic Modeling5 Conservation Law6 Waves7 Shock and Rarefaction Waves8 LWR Model9 Numerical Solutions10 Simplified Theory of K-Waves11 High-Order ModelsPart III Microscopic Modeling12 Microscopic Modeling13 Pipes and Forbes Models14 General Motors Models15 Gipps Model16 More Single-Regime Models17 More Intelligent ModelsPart IV Picoscopic Modeling18 Picoscopic Modeling19 Engine Modeling20 Vehicle Modeling21 The Field Theory22 Longitudinal Control ModelPart V The Unified Perspective23 The Unified Diagram24 Multiscale Traffic Flow Modeling
