Operations Research · 1959 · 735 citations · 5 references
EngineeringCivil EngineeringMathematicsFluid DynamicsTransportationTransportation EngineeringTraffic EngineeringTraffic Flow AnalysisTraffic Flow TheoryTraffic OperationsTransport ModelingTransport ModellingDensity-speed-flow RelationshipsFlow-density RelationshipsSpeed-flow RelationshipsTraffic DensityTraffic Flow ModelingTraffic Speed AnalysisTraffic Stream ModelingTraffic Stream Theory
A model for traffic flow is developed by treating the traffic stream as a continuous fluid. Fluid dynamic principles are then used to derive relations between speed, density, and flow.
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