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Modeling Vehicle Interactions and the Movement of Groups of Vehicles

In: An Introduction to Traffic Flow Theory

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  • Lily Elefteriadou

    (University of Florida)

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The previous chapter focused on the movement of an individual vehicle and provided equations of motion assuming no interaction with adjacent vehicles. This chapter examines these interactions between vehicles, which is at the heart of traffic flow theory, as it is these which produce the observed traffic operational conditions. Important traffic operational characteristics we are interested in include the capacity of a facility (i.e., the maximum amount of traffic that can pass through a point or section, in vehicles or other units of traffic per unit of time) and its operating speed (i.e., the speed at which the facility operates under a given set of prevailing conditions, including the demand, the highway design, etc.). Those concepts are discussed in more detail in Part II.

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  • Lily Elefteriadou, 2014. "Modeling Vehicle Interactions and the Movement of Groups of Vehicles," Springer Optimization and Its Applications, in: An Introduction to Traffic Flow Theory, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 31-58, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spochp:978-1-4614-8435-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8435-6_2
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