TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORY OF ROAD TRAFFIC

THE OPERATING SPEED Y OF A CAR IS A FUNCTION OF A DESIRED SPEED X AND TRAFFIC DENSITY (LAMBDA), WHERE X AND Y ARE RANDOM VARIABLES, AND LAMBDA A REAL PARAMETER. RELATIONSHIPS ARE PROPOSED BETWEEN THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF X AND Y AND QUANTITIES WHICH OCCUR IN EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF TRAFFIC. IT IS POSTULATED THAT FOR LARGE LAMBDA, QUEUEING THEORY MAY BE USEFULLY EMPLOYED, AND SEVERAL NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. A RESUME OF LITERATURE IS INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 6, No 6, PP 813-826, 1 FIG, 35 REF
• Authors:
  • HAIGHT, F A
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • OPERATIONS RESEARCH
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: NEWELL, GORDON F.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distributions (Statistics); Empirical methods; Operating speed; Queuing theory; Reviews; Speed; Traffic density; Variables; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parameters
• Old TRIS Terms: Queueing theory
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227106
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM