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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ni, Daiheng (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Traffic Flow Theory: Characteristics, Experimental Methods, and Numerical Techniques; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I: Traffic Flow Characteristics; Chapter 1: Traffic Sensing Technologies; 1.1 Traffic Sensors; 1.1.1 Inductive-Loop Detector; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages; Disadvantages; 1.1.2 Video Image Processing System; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages; Disadvantages; 1.1.3 Pneumatic Tubes; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages; Disadvantages; 1.1.4 Global Positioning System Receiver; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages.
  • Disadvantages1.1.5 Acoustic/Ultrasonic Sensor; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages; Disadvantages; 1.1.6 Aerial/Satellite Imaging; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages; Disadvantages; 1.1.7 Radio-Frequency Identification Technology; How It Works; Data Collected; Advantages; Disadvantages; 1.2 Traffic Sensor Classification; 1.3 Data Sources; 1.3.1 GA400 Data; 1.3.2 NGSIM Data; Problems; Chapter 2: Traffic Flow Characteristics I; 2.1 Mobile Sensor Data; 2.2 Point Sensor Data; 2.3 Space Sensor Data; 2.4 Time-Space Diagram and Characteristics; 2.5 Relationships among Characteristics.
  • 2.5.1 Flow, Speed, and Density2.5.2 Flow and Headway; 2.5.3 Density and Spacing; 2.5.4 Time-Mean Speed and Space-Mean Speed; 2.5.5 Occupancy and Density; 2.6 Desired Traffic Flow Characteristics; 2.6.1 Determining Space-Mean Speed from Point Sensor Data; 2.6.2 Determining Density from Point Sensor Data; Problems; Chapter 3: Traffic Flow Characteristics II; 3.1 Generalized Definition; 3.2 Three-Dimensional Representation of Traffic Flow; Problems; Chapter 4: Equilibrium Traffic Flow Models; 4.1 Single-Regime Models; 4.1.1 The Greenshields Model; 4.1.2 Other Single-Regime Models.
  • 4.2 Multiregime Models4.3 The State-of-the-Art Models; Newell Nonlinear Model; Del Castillo and Ben�itez Model; Del Castillo Negative Power Model; Van Aerde Model; Intelligent Driver Model; Longitudinal Control Model; 4.4 Can We Go any Further?; Problems; Part II: Macroscopic Modeling; Chapter 5: Conservation Law; 5.1 The Continuity Equation; Derivation I: Finite Difference; Derivation II: Finite Difference; Derivation III: Fluid Dynamics; Derivation IV: Scalar Conservation Law; Derivation V: Three-Dimensional Representation of Traffic Flow; 5.2 First-Order Dynamic Model; Problems.
  • Chapter 6: Waves6.1 Wave Phenomena; 6.2 Mathematical Representation; 6.2.1 Notation; 6.2.2 Terminology; Order; Homogeneity; Linearity; 6.3 Traveling Waves; 6.4 Traveling Wave Solutions; 6.5 Wave Front and Pulse; 6.6 General Solution to Wave Equations; 6.7 Characteristics; 6.7.1 Domain of Dependence; 6.7.2 Range of Influence; 6.7.3 Characteristics; 6.8 Solution to the Wave Equation; 6.9 Method of Characteristics; 6.10 Some Properties; 6.10.1 Properties of Characteristics; 6.10.2 Properties of the Solution; Problems; Chapter 7: Shock and Rarefaction Waves; 7.1 Gradient Catastrophes.