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Analysis of Characteristics of the Dynamic Flow-Density Relation and its Application to Traffic Flow Models

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  • Youngho Kim
  • Hartmut Keller

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Online traffic flow modeling is of increasing importance due to intelligent transport systems and technologies. The flow-density relation plays an important role in traffic flow modeling and provides a basic way to illustrate traffic flow behavior under different traffic flow and traffic density conditions. Until now the research effort has focused mainly on the shape of the relation. The time series of the relation has not been identified clearly, even though the time series of the relation reflects the upstream/downstream traffic conditions and should be considered in the traffic flow modeling. In this paper, the dynamic flow-density relation is identified based on the classification of traffic states and is quantified employing fuzzy logic. The quantified dynamic flow-density relation builds the basis for online application of a macroscopic traffic flow model. The new approach to online modeling of traffic flow applying the dynamic flow-density relation alleviates parameter calibration problems stemming from the static flow-density relation.

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  • Youngho Kim & Hartmut Keller, 2008. "Analysis of Characteristics of the Dynamic Flow-Density Relation and its Application to Traffic Flow Models," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(4), pages 369-397, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transp:v:31:y:2008:i:4:p:369-397
    DOI: 10.1080/03081060802334995
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