Traffic Flow Theory: Characteristics, Experimental Methods, and Numerical Techniques

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 theoriesProvides modeling and analytical procedures for supporting different aspects of traffic analyses for supporting different flow modelsCarefully explains the dynamics of traffic flow over time and space

Table of Contents

Part I Traffic Flow Characteristics

1 Traffic Sensing Technologies

2 Traffic Flow Characteristics I

3 Traffic Flow characteristics II

4 Equilibrium Traffic Flow Models

Part II Macroscopic Modeling

5 Conservation Law

6 Waves

7 Shock and Rarefaction Waves

8 LWR Model

9 Numerical Solutions

10 Simplified Theory of K-Waves

11 High-Order Models

Part III Microscopic Modeling

12 Microscopic Modeling

13 Pipes and Forbes Models

14 General Motors Models

15 Gipps Model

16 More Single-Regime Models

17 More Intelligent Models

Part IV Picoscopic Modeling

18 Picoscopic Modeling

19 Engine Modeling

20 Vehicle Modeling

21 The Field Theory

22 Longitudinal Control Model

Part V The Unified Perspective

23 The Unified Diagram

24 Multiscale Traffic Flow Modeling