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Further results on single-lane traffic flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Richard Cowan
Richard Cowan*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics
*
∗Postal address: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, P.O. Box 218, Lindfield, N.S.W., Australia 2070.
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Abstract

A number of stochastic properties for a model of traffic flowing in a single lane are derived. The arrival process used is one which models (a) the bunching phenomenon of traffic and (b) the fact that vehicles have a spatial dimension and travel at minimum temporal spacing. Weak assumptions about the desired speeds of vehicles are made.

Keywords

TRAFFIC FLOWSTOCHASTIC PROCESSES

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 523 - 531
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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