The Physics of Traffic Empirical Freeway Pattern Features, Engineering Applications, and Theory /

• Main Author: Kerner, Boris S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Thermodynamics.; Mathematical physics.; Vibration.; Dynamics.; Complex Systems.; Mathematical and Computational Engineering.; Applications of Mathematics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.

This book is devoted to the explanation of freeway traffic congestion, a fact of life for many car drivers. Results of empirical observations of freeway congestion, which exhibit diverse complex spatiotemporal patterns including moving traffic jams, are analyzed. Empirical features of these reproduc...