• DocumentCode
    3421197
  • Title

    An improved first-order macroscopic flow model for highway traffic simulation

  • Author

    Bellemans, T. ; De Schutter, B. ; De Moor, B.

  • Author_Institution
    ESAT, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    2105
  • Abstract
    We reconsider the first-order macroscopic traffic flow model of Lighthill and Whitham (1955) and propose some modifications that solve some of the deficiencies related to this model, while at the same time preserving one of the main advantages of this model compared to higher-order models, namely its low computational complexity, which is important when the model is used in online real time traffic control applications
  • Keywords
    road traffic; simulation; traffic control; transportation; computational complexity; downstream coupling; first-order model; highway traffic; macroscopic traffic flow model; real-time systems; simulation; upstream coupling; Computational complexity; Computational modeling; Design optimization; Difference equations; Fluid flow measurement; Information technology; Microscopy; Road transportation; Sampling methods; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6495-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2001.946055
  • Filename
    946055