Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control : The Long Road to Three-Phase Traffic Theory

Boris S. Kerner

ISBN 10: 3642026044 / ISBN 13: 9783642026041

Editore: Springer, Berlin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The understanding of empirical traf c congestion occurring on unsignalized mul- lane highways and freeways is a key for effective traf c management, control, or- nization, and other applications of transportation engineering. However, the traf c ow theories and models that dominate up to now in transportation research journals and teaching programs of most universities cannot explain either traf c breakdown or most features of the resulting congested patterns. These theories are also the - sis of most dynamic traf c assignment models and freeway traf c control methods, which therefore are not consistent with features of real traf c. For this reason, the author introduced an alternative traf c ow theory called three-phase traf c theory, which can predict and explain the empirical spatiot- poral features of traf c breakdown and the resulting traf c congestion. A previous book 'The Physics of Traf c' (Springer, Berlin, 2004) presented a discussion of the empirical spatiotemporal features of congested traf c patterns and of three-phase traf c theory as well as their engineering applications. Rather than a comprehensive analysis of empirical and theoretical results in the eld, the present book includes no more empirical and theoretical results than are necessary for the understanding of vehicular traf c on unsignalized multi-lane roads. The main objectives of the book are to present an 'elementary' traf c ow theory and control methods as well as to show links between three-phase traf c t- ory and earlier traf c ow theories. The need for such a book follows from many commentsofcolleaguesmadeafterpublicationofthebook'ThePhysicsofTraf c'.

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• Titolo: Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control : The Long Road to Three-Phase Traffic Theory
• Editore: Springer, Berlin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3642026044
• ISBN 13: 9783642026041
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 242 L x 156 A x 21 P (millimetri) 242 millimetri di larghezza per 156 millimetri di altezza per 21 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 548 grammi

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The understanding of empirical traf?c congestion occurring on unsignalized mul- lane highways and freeways is a key for effective traf?c management, control, or- nization, and other applications of transportation engineering. However, the traf?c ?ow theories and models that dominate up to now in transportation research journals and teaching programs of most universities cannot explain either traf?c breakdown or most features of the resulting congested patterns. These theories are also the - sis of most dynamic traf?c assignment models and freeway traf?c control methods, which therefore are not consistent with features of real traf?c. For this reason, the author introduced an alternative traf?c ?ow theory called three-phase traf?c theory, which can predict and explain the empirical spatiot- poral features of traf?c breakdown and the resulting traf?c congestion. A previous book The Physics of Traf?c (Springer, Berlin, 2004) presented a discussion of the empirical spatiotemporal features of congested traf?c patterns and of three-phase traf?c theory as well as their engineering applications. Rather than a comprehensive analysis of empirical and theoretical results in the ?eld, the present book includes no more empirical and theoretical results than are necessary for the understanding of vehicular traf?c on unsignalized multi-lane roads. The main objectives of the book are to present an elementary traf?c ?ow theory and control methods as well as to show links between three-phase traf?c t- ory and earlier traf?c ?ow theories. The need for such a book follows from many commentsofcolleaguesmadeafterpublicationofthebook ThePhysicsofTraf?c .

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This in-depth treatment explains the nature of traffic breakdown and the resulting congestion in vehicular traffic on the basis of three-phase traffic theory, in a manner consistent with real measured traffic data. The author also addresses freeway traffic control methods within the framework of the theory.  He demonstrates and explains why the earlier theoretical basis of transportation engineering, research and teaching cannot adequately describe traffic breakdown as observed in measured traffic data. Links between three-phase traffic theory and earlier traffic flow theories are discussed. Last but not least, the book provides a new fundament for transportation engineering, in particular highway traffic management, as well as the background needed to research the complex system dynamics in traffic flow and transportation networks. It will appeal to students, engineers, and physicists interested in transportation systems and complex dynamical systems in general.