A dynamic model for traffic network flow

T.Q. Tang, Hai-Jun Huang (), C.Q. Mei and S.G. Zhao

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2008, vol. 387, issue 11, 2603-2610

Abstract: Concerning the link properties in traffic networks, we introduce a dynamic equation of road flow into each link, and thereby propose a dynamic model for network flow. Using this model, we investigate the evolutions of inflow, outflow and flow on each link caused by a small perturbation of the network inflow under different route choice rules. Numerical results show that the dynamic model can reasonably capture the basic characteristics of network flow.

Keywords: Dynamic model; Network traffic flow; Inflow; Outflow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.020

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