Traffic and Granular Flow’01

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Euler and Lagrange Representation of Traffic Models....Pages 3-12
Three-Phase Traffic Theory....Pages 13-50
Spacing-Oriented Analytical Approach to a Middle Traffic Flow CA Model Between FI-Type and NS-Type....Pages 51-63
Continuum Traffic Equations from Microscopic Car-Following Models....Pages 65-78
Metastable Flows in an Extended Burgers Cellular Automaton Traffic Model....Pages 79-84
Existence and Classification of Travelling Wave Solutions to Second Order Highway Traffic Models....Pages 85-90
Improved Optimal Velocity Model for Traffic....Pages 91-96
Microscopic Modeling of Synchronized Traffic....Pages 97-102
Limit Sets and the Rate of Convergence for One-Dimensional Cellular Automata Traffic Models....Pages 103-108
Localized Defects in a Cellular Automaton Model for Traffic Flow with Phase Separation....Pages 109-114
Asymmetric Optimal Velocity Model....Pages 115-118
Chaos and Multifractality in a Time-Delay Car-Following Traffic Model....Pages 119-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Optimal Velocity Model and its Applications....Pages 127-140
Breakdown and Recovery in Traffic Flow Models....Pages 141-153
Kinetic Theory of Traffic Flows....Pages 155-168
The Generalized Fundamental Diagram of Traffic and Possible Applications....Pages 169-186
Stochastic Resonance Towards Traffic Models....Pages 187-198
An Interpretation of a Traffic Engineer on Vehicular Traffic Flow....Pages 199-210
Congestion Induced by Bottlenecks in Two-Lane Optimal Velocity Traffic Flow Model....Pages 211-220
Widely Extended Optimal Velocity Model of Traffic Flow and their Linear Stability....Pages 221-226
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Stability of Multi-Lane Traffic Flow....Pages 227-233
8-Figured Hysteresis Loop of OV Model....Pages 235-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Observational Aspects of Japanese Highway Traffic....Pages 243-256
Long-Term Traffic Data from Japanese Expressway....Pages 257-262
The Local Occupation Probability Method for Evaluating Traffic Flows....Pages 263-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Cooperative Driving: Taking Telematics to the Next Level....Pages 271-280
Modeling of Vehicular Behavior from Road Traffic Engineering Perspectives....Pages 281-292
ITS and the Revolution of Automobiles....Pages 293-304
Modelling the Impact of ACC-Systems on the Traffic Flow at Macroscopic Modelling Level....Pages 305-317
A Cellular Automaton Model for Dynamic Route Choice Behavior in Urban Roads....Pages 319-324
Experimental Investigation of Day-to-Day Route Choice Behaviour....Pages 325-330
Optimal Traffic States in a Cellular Automaton Model for City Traffic....Pages 331-336
Traffic Flow Analysis Based on Multiagent....Pages 337-343
Traffic Forecast Using a Combination of On-Line Simulation and Traffic Data....Pages 345-350
On-Ramp Control....Pages 351-356
The Influence of Tollbooths on Highway Traffic....Pages 357-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Packet Transport and Load Distribution in Scale-Free Networks....Pages 365-375
Phase Transition of Three-Directional Traffic-Flow in 2D Network....Pages 377-387
Analysis of Minimal Model of Internet Traffic....Pages 389-400
Microscopic Modeling of Packet Transport in the Internet....Pages 401-406
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
Avalanches and Flow Dynamics of a Collapsing Granular Pile....Pages 409-420
Note on a Micropolar Gas-Kinetic Theory....Pages 421-435
Dynamics and Structure of Granular Flow Through a Vertical Pipe....Pages 437-448
Asymmetric Random Average Process: Aggregation and Fragmentation on Continuous State Space....Pages 449-454
Shape Segregation for Bidisperse Mixtures of Ellipses in Two Dimensions....Pages 455-460
Bifurcations of a Driven Granular System under Gravity....Pages 461-465
Simulation of the Impact of an Elastic Disk....Pages 467-472
Granular Flow in Vertical Pipes: Transition from Dilute to Dense....Pages 473-478
Spatial Structure of 1/f Noise in Granular Flow Through a Pipe....Pages 479-483
Collisional Granular Flow on a Rough Slope and its Instability....Pages 485-490
The Nature of Occurrence of Queued Flow at Capacity Bottleneck of Ordinary Section....Pages 491-496
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Bionics-Inspired Cellular Automaton Model for Pedestrian Dynamics....Pages 499-509
Critical Discussion of “Synchronized Flow”, Simulation of Pedestrian Evacuation, and Optimization of Production Processes....Pages 511-530
Cellular Automaton Simulations of Pedestrian Dynamics and Evacuation Processes....Pages 531-536
Modeling Pedestrians and Granular Flow in 2-Dimensional Optimal Velocity Models....Pages 537-542
Evacuation Analysis of Ship by Multi-Agent Simulation Using Model of Group Psychology....Pages 543-548
Comparison of an Evacuation Exercise in a Primary School to Simulation Results....Pages 549-554
Simulations of Evacuation Using Small World Network....Pages 555-559
Front Matter....Pages 561-561
Oscillation Patterns in Cytoplasmic Networks of the Physarum Plasmodium....Pages 563-568
Jamming Bacterial Traffic: Bioconvection....Pages 569-574
Front Matter....Pages 561-561
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Lubricating Films....Pages 575-580