Understanding real traffic : paradigm shift in transportation science / Boris S. Kerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerner, Boris S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic flow.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book addresses the reader interested in vehicular traffic phenomena, who have not learned about them before. It presents traffic phenomena like traffic breakdown and the emergence of moving traffic jams by showcasing empirical traffic data measured in real-world traffic. The author explains how these empirical traffic studies have led to the three-phase traffic theory and why this new theory is in conflict with standard traffic theories developed before. Moreover, he presents the reason for the failure of applications of standard traffic theories in real-world traffic and discusses why understanding real traffic has caused a paradigm shift in traffic and transportation science. The book examines why understanding real traffic breakdown is the basis for an explanation for the autonomous driving effects on traffic flow. It shows that understanding real traffic is possible from real-world traffic data without the need of mathematical traffic models. This makes the book intuitive for non-specialists, who can qualitatively understand all the basic features of traffic dynamics. In turn, experienced traffic researchers can grasp concepts and ideas made here easily accessible by the author, one of the leading pioneers in the field of vehicular traffic.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Basic Empirical Features of Real Traffic

Chapter 3. How can Empirical Spatiotemporal Traffic Dynamics be Reconstructed through Traffic Measurements?

Chapter 4. Understanding Real Traffic Breakdown

Chapter 5. Empirical Induced Traffic Breakdown-Origin of Paradigm Shift in Traffic Science

Chapter 6. Myth about "Moving Jam without Obvious Reason"

Chapter 7. Can Autonomous Driving Improve Traffic?

Chapter 8. Conclusions: Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions in Application to Transportation Science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 15, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783030796020

3030796027

OCLC:

1266896293

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.