THE PHYSICS OF TRAFFIC: EMPIRICAL FREEWAY PATTERN FEATURES, ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS, AND THEORY
THE PHYSICS OF TRAFFIC: EMPIRICAL FREEWAY PATTERN FEATURES, ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS, AND THEORY
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10.1063/1.2155762
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发表时间:
2005
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H. Lieu
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H. Lieu
Freeway traffic is an extremely complex spatiotemporal nonlinear dynamic process. This book introduces a new traffic flow theory called "three-phase traffic theory," which can explain empirical spatiotemporal traffic patterns. The main focus of this book is a consideration of these empirical spatiotemporal traffic pattern features, their engineering applications, and explanations based on the three-phase traffic theory. The book consists of four parts. In Part I, empirical studies of traffic flow patterns, earlier traffic flow theories, and mathematical models are briefly reviewed, followed by a consideration of three-phase traffic theory. Main ideas and results of the three-phase traffic flow theory are introduced and explained without complex mathematical models. In Part II, empirical spatiotemporal traffic pattern features are considered. A microscopic three-phase traffic theory of these patterns and results of an application of the pattern features to engineering applications are presented in Part III and Part IV, respectively. Appendix A contains terms and definitions and Appendix B considers some extended formulations of the ASDA and FOTO models for spatiotemporal pattern recognition, tracking, and prediction, which have been applied at the traffic control center of the German Federal State of Hessen. An index is provided.