Traffic Flow Dynamics: Data, Models and Simulation

By Martin Treiber and Arne Kesting

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642447961
• ISBN13: 9783642447969
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"