The physics of traffic
Subtitle: empirical freeway pattern features, engineering applications, and theory
By: B.S. Kerner
Series: Understanding complex systems; Springer complexity; Understanding complex systems; Springer complexity
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 682
ISBN-13: 9783642058509
Subjects: Traffic flow; Electronic traffic controls; Mathematical models; Highway capacity
Description: "This book is devoted to the explanation of freeway traffic congestion, a fact of life for many car drivers. Results of empirical observations of freeway congestion, which exhibit diverse complex spatiotemporal patterns including moving traffic jams, are analyzed. Empirical features of these reproducible freeway traffic patterns only recently sufficiently well understood are reviewed."--P. 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [655]-677) and index.