Freeway traffic modelling and control. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antonella Ferrara, Simona Sacone, Silvia Siri.
• Authors: Ferrara, Antonella; Sacone, Simona; Siri, Silvia
• Contents: Intro; Series Editors' Foreword; About the Authors; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 Freeway Traffic Systems; 1.1 Sustainable Mobility; 1.2 Criticalities of Freeway Traffic Systems; 1.2.1 Congestion Phenomena; 1.2.2 Pollutant Emissions; 1.2.3 Safety Issues; 1.2.4 Freight Transport Issues; 1.3 Actions to Improve Freeway Traffic Systems; 1.3.1 Infrastructure Design; 1.3.2 Technological Solutions on Vehicles; 1.3.3 Application of ICT; 1.4 Management and Control of Freeway Traffic; 1.4.1 Ramp Management; 1.4.2 Mainstream Control; 1.4.3 Route Guidance. 1.4.4 Vehicle-Based Traffic ControlReferences; 2 Fundamentals of Traffic Dynamics; 2.1 Basic Concepts of Traffic Flow Theory; 2.1.1 Flow, Speed, Density and Related Variables; 2.1.2 Traffic Diagrams; 2.1.3 The Fundamental Diagram; 2.2 Traffic Flow Phenomena; 2.2.1 Capacity, Bottlenecks and Breakdown; 2.2.2 Shock Waves; 2.2.3 Phantom Traffic Jams; 2.2.4 Capacity Drop; 2.3 Classification of Traffic Models; 2.3.1 Microscopic, Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Models; 2.3.2 Continuous and Discrete Models; 2.3.3 Other Classifications; References; Part II Freeway Traffic Modelling. 3 First-Order Macroscopic Traffic Models3.1 Macroscopic Modelling Aspects; 3.1.1 The Continuous Case; 3.1.2 The Discrete Case; 3.2 Continuous First-Order Models; 3.2.1 The LWR Model; 3.2.2 The LWR Model with Boundary Conditions, Sources and Inhomogeneities; 3.2.3 The LWR Model on Networks; 3.3 Discrete First-Order Models; 3.3.1 The CTM for a Freeway Stretch; 3.3.2 The CTM with On-Ramp Queue Dynamics; 3.3.3 The CTM in a Mixed-Integer Linear Form; 3.3.4 The CTM Including Capacity Drop Phenomena; 3.3.5 The CTM for a Freeway Network; 3.3.6 Other CTM Versions; 3.4 Multi-class First-Order Models. 3.4.1 Motivations for Multi-class Models3.4.2 An Overview of Multi-class First-Order Models; References; 4 Second-Order Macroscopic Traffic Models; 4.1 Continuous Second-Order Models; 4.1.1 The PW Model; 4.1.2 The ARZ Model; 4.1.3 Phase-Transition Models; 4.2 Discrete Second-Order Models; 4.2.1 METANET for a Freeway Stretch; 4.2.2 METANET with On-Ramp Queue Dynamics; 4.2.3 METANET for a Freeway Network; 4.3 Multi-class Second-Order Models; 4.3.1 A Multi-class Second-Order Model for a Freeway Stretch; 4.3.2 A Multi-class Second-Order Model for a Freeway Network; References. 5 Microscopic and Mesoscopic Traffic Models5.1 Uses and Applications of Traffic Models; 5.2 Microscopic Traffic Models; 5.2.1 Car-Following Models; 5.2.2 Lane-Changing Models; 5.2.3 Cellular Automata Models; 5.2.4 Traffic Simulation Tools; 5.3 Mesoscopic Traffic Models; 5.3.1 Headway Distribution Models; 5.3.2 Cluster Models; 5.3.3 Gas-Kinetic Models; References; 6 Emission Models for Freeway Traffic Systems; 6.1 Features and Applications; 6.2 Classification; 6.2.1 Macroscopic Emission Models; 6.2.2 Microscopic Emission Models; 6.2.3 Mesoscopic Emission Models.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 625.701/5118; Engineering; Express highways -- Mathematical models; Highway engineering; Regional planning; Civil engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); Express highways -- Mathematical models; Highway engineering; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Regional & area planning; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Power generation & distribution; Technology & Engineering -- Automation; Automatic control engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319759616; 3319759612
• Related ISBNs: 9783319759593; 3319759590
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 17, 2018).
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