NTL Record

Title Particle Hopping Models, Traffic Flow Theory, and Traffic Jam Dynamics
Record ID 82001
Personal Name
Creator
Nagel, Kai
Corporate Creator Los Alamos National Laboratory
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration; United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics; United States. Federal Transit Administration; United States. Environmental Protection Agency; Travel Model Improvement Program (U.S.)
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19951121
Language English
Abstract Although particle hopping models have been introduced into traffic science in the 1950s, their systematic use has only started recently. Two reasons for this are, that they are advantageous on modern computers, and that recent theoretical developments allow analytical understanding of their properties and therefore more confidence for their use. In principle, particle hopping models fit between microscopic models for driving and fluid-dynamical models for traffic flow. In this sense, they also help closing the conceptual gap between these two. This paper starts out with building connections between particle hopping models and traffic flow theory.
Rosap ID dot:57253
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57253
TRT Terms Traffic flow theory; Traffic models; Dynamics; Traffic congestion; Car following
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1782027
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/82000/82000/82001/phm_tft_tjd.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository