Traffic flow dynamics data, models and simulation Martin Treiber, Arne Kesting ; translated by Martin Treiber and Christian Thiemann

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Treiber, Martin

Contributor:

Kesting, Arne, 1974-

Standardized Title:

Verkehrsdynamik und -simulation. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Traffic flow--Mathematical models.

Traffic flow.

traffic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg New York Springer ©2013

Language Note:

Translated from the German

Summary:

"This textbook provides a comprehensive and instructive coverage of vehicular traffic flow dynamics and modeling. It makes this fascinating interdisciplinary topic, which to date was only documented in parts by specialized monographs, accessible to a broad readership. Numerous figures and problems with solutions help the reader to quickly understand and practice the presented concepts. This book is targeted at students of physics and traffic engineering and, more generally, also at students and professionals in computer science, mathematics, and interdisciplinary topics. It also offers material for project work in programming and simulation at college and university level. The main part, after presenting different categories of traffic data, is devoted to a mathematical description of the dynamics of traffic flow, covering macroscopic models which describe traffic in terms of density, as well as microscopic many-particle models in which each particle corresponds to a vehicle and its driver. Focus chapters on traffic instabilities and model calibration/validation present these topics in a novel and systematic way. Finally, the theoretical framework is shown at work in selected applications such as traffic-state and travel-time estimation, intelligent transportation systems, traffic operations management, and a detailed physics-based model for fuel consumption and emissions"--Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction

Part I Traffic Data: Trajectroy and Floating-Car Data

Cross-Sectional Data

Representations of Cross-Sectional Data

Spatiotemporal Reconstruction of the Traffic State

Part II Traffic Flow Modeling: General Aspects

Continuity Equation

The Lighthill-Whitham-Richards Model

Macroscopic Models with Dynamic Velocity

Elementary Car-Following Models

Car-Following Models based on Driving Strategies

Modeling Human Aspects of Driving Behavior

Cellular Automata

Lane-Changing and other Discrete-Choice Situations

Stability Analysis

Calibration and Validation

The Phase Diagram of Congested Traffic States

Part III Applications of Traffic Flow Theory: Traffic Flow Breakdown and Traffic-State Recognition

Travel Time Estimation

Fuel Consumption and Emissions

Model-Based Traffic-Flow Optimization

Solutions to the Problems

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Treiber, Martin. Traffic flow dynamics

ISBN:

9783642324604

3642324606

OCLC:

816818857

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