LOW DENSITY INHOMOGENEOUS TRAFFIC FLOW

SOME STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF A ONE-DIMENSIONAL INHOMOGENEOUS FLOW OF PARTICLES WITH THEIR OWN CONSTANT VELOCITIES ARE SHOWN. THE MOST INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF SUCH FLOWS IS A LOW-DENSITY INHOMOGENEOUS ROAD TRAFFIC FLOW; EACH VEHICLE DRIVES AT HIS OWN CONSTANT VELOCITY (DESIRED VELOCITY), SINCE PASSING IS FREELY ALLOWED. THEREFORD, TO GIVE A DEFINITE PICTURE TO THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL INHOMOGENEOUS FLOW OF PARTICLES, THE LOW-DENSITY INHOMOGENEOUS TRAFFIC FLOW IS USED. THE FOLLOWING TREE RANDOM POINT PROCESSES ARE INTRODUCED AS THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH A TRAFFIC FLOW: COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, A SPACE PROCESS, A TIME PROCESS AND AN OBSERVATION PROCESS REPRESENT OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT A FIXED TIME FORM THE AIR (FOR EXAMPLE, FROM AN AIRPLANE OR A HELICOPTER), OBSERVATIONS AT A FIXED PLACE AND OBSERVATIONS BY A MOVING OBSERVER, RESPECTIVELY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 7, No 3, PP 573-598
• Authors:
  • Mine, H
  • Ohno, K
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal Applied Probability /UK/
  • Issue Number: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flow; Heterogeneity; Particles; Passing; Samples; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Vehicles; Velocity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227297
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1971 12:00AM