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Kerner, Boris S

[electronic resource]

Springer

2009

1 online resource (270 p.)

Description based upon print version of record , Preface; Contents; Acronyms and Symbols; Introduction; References; Part I Three-Phase Traffic Theory; Definitions of The Three Traffic Phases; Nature of Traffic Breakdown at Bottleneck; Infinite Number of Highway Capacities of Free Flow at Bottleneck; Nature of Moving Jam Emergence; Origin of Hypotheses and Terms of Three-Phase Traffic Theory; Spatiotemporal Traffic Congested Patterns; Part II Impact of Three-Phase Traffic Theory on Transportation Engineering; Introduction to Part II: Compendium of Three-Phase Traffic Theory; Freeway Traffic Control based on Three-Phase Traffic Theory. , Earlier Theoretical Basis of Transportation Engineering: Fundamental Diagram ApproachThree-Phase Traffic Flow Models; Linking of Three-Phase Traffic Theory and Fundamental Diagram Approach to Traffic Flow Modeling; Conclusions and Outlook; Glossary; Index.