A BOLTZMANN-LIKE APPROACH TO THE STATISTICAL THEORY OF TRAFFIC FLOW

AN INTEGRAL EQUATION FOR THE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION OF CARS IS STUDIED. FOR SUFFICIENTLY SMALL CONCENTRATIONS, IT GIVES THE FREE SPEED DISTRIBUTION. FOR FINITE CONCENTRATIONS, THE DISTRIBUTION IS ALTERED TOWARDS LOWER VELOCITIES. AT SOME CRITICAL CONCENTRATION, THE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION CHANGES ABRUPTLY. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THIS CHANGE CORRESPONDS TO GOING FROM INDIVIDUAL TO COLLECTIVE FLOW CONDITIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Theory of TRAFFIC FLOW, PROCEEDINGS, PP 158-164, 2 FIG,
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Prigogine, I
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Integral equations; Speed; Statistics; Theory; Traffic flow; Velocity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Free speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Velocity distribution
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227120
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:47PM