Breakdown in traffic networks : fundamentals of transportation science

• Main Author: Kerner, B. S.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Traffic flow.; Traffic flow > Mathematical models.; Intelligent transportation systems.; Traffic congestion > Management.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783662544730; 9783662544716
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 652 pages)

This book offers a detailed investigation of breakdowns in traffic and transportation networks. It shows empirically that transitions from free flow to so-called synchronized flow, initiated by local disturbances at network bottlenecks, display a nucleation-type behavior: while small disturbances in...