Traffic Flow Dynamics Data, Models and Simulation /

• Main Authors: Treiber, Martin (Author), Kesting, Arne (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical optimization.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Complexity, Computational.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Complexity.; Optimization.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

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 wi...

Table of 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.