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Speed-flow Relationships

Speed-Flow Relationships is a fundamental analytical construct in traffic flow theory that characterizes the empirical and mathematical dependence between the average speed of vehicles and the corresponding traffic flow rate on a roadway segment under varying levels of congestion.

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Speed-flow Relationship

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523

On kinematic waves II. A theory of traffic flow on long crowded roads

M. J. Lighthill, G. B. Whitham · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1955 · 4.6K citations

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The cell transmission model: A dynamic representation of highway traffic consistent with the hydrodynamic theory

Carlos F. Daganzo · Transportation Research Part B Methodological · 1994 · 2.9K citations

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A simplified theory of kinematic waves in highway traffic, part I: General theory

G. F. Newell · Transportation Research Part B Methodological · 1993 · 842 citations

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CORRESPONDENCE. SOME THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ROAD TRAFFIC RESEARCH.

J G Wardrop, J I WHITEHEAD · Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers · 1952 · 809 citations

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An Analysis of Traffic Flow

Harold Greenberg · Operations Research · 1959 · 735 citations

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Authors

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  1. FL
    Fred L. Hall

    McMaster University, Canada

    11 publications · 759 citations

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  2. RJ
    Rui Jiang

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    10 publications · 1K citations

    10

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  3. CF
    Carlos F. Daganzo

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    8 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. QW
    Qing-Song Wu

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    7 publications · 829 citations

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  5. BC
    Benjamin Coifman

    The Ohio State University, United States

    7 publications · 314 citations

    7

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382

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    21 h-index

    33 publications

    6.7K citations

  2. Beijing Jiaotong University

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    40 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. Politecnico di Torino

    Turin, Italy

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    495 citations

  5. Tongji University

    Shanghai, China

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    698 citations

  7. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

    Surat, India

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    297 citations

  8. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    350 citations

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  3. Transportation Research Part B Methodological

    33 publications · 8.6K citations

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  4. Journal of Transportation Engineering

    16 publications · 784 citations

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