Traffic Flow Theory: Characteristics, Experimental Methods, and Numerical Techniques

Daiheng Ni ... 412 pages - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition (November 5, 2015)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 012804134X - ISBN-13: 978-0128041345 

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 and techniques for mathematically representing traffic flow. The book begins with a rigorous but easy to understand exposition of traffic flow characteristics including Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and traffic sensing technologies.

Includes worked out examples and cases to illustrate concepts, models, and theories + Provides modeling and analytical procedures for supporting different aspects of traffic analyses for supporting different flow models + Carefully explains the dynamics of traffic flow over time and space.

From the Back Cover: Concise and readable, Traffic Flow Theory: Characteristics, Experimental Methods and Numerical Techniques incorporates the most current developments in traffic flow modeling techniques for mathematically expressing flow characteristics. The book begins with a rigorous but easy to understand exposition of traffic flow characteristics including Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and traffic sensing technologies. This is followed by self-contained chapters involving traffic flow modeling on a macroscopic, microscopic and picoscopic level. The book’s objective is to establish a theoretical foundation for traffic modeling and simulation at multiple scales, seamlessly within a single system.