This book introduces readers to the main traffic flow modelling
approaches and discusses their features and applications. It provides a
comprehensive and cutting-edge review of traffic flow models, from their
roots in the 1930s to the latest developments in the field. In addition,
it presents problem sets that offer readers further insights into the
models and hands-on experience with simulation approaches. The
simulations used in the exercises can be built upon for readers' own
research or other applications.
The models discussed in this book are applied to describe, predict and
control traffic flows on roads with the aid of rapid and accurate
estimations of current and future states. The book shows how these
models are developed, what their chief characteristics are, and how they
can be effectively employed.