Macroscopic network-level traffic models: Bridging fifty years of development toward the next era

M Johari, M Keyvan-Ekbatani, L Leclercq… - … Research Part C …, 2021 - Elsevier
Network macroscopic fundamental diagrams (NMFD) and related network-level traffic
dynamics models have received both theoretical support and empirical validation with the …

Failure of classical traffic flow theories: Stochastic highway capacity and automatic driving

BS Kerner - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
In a mini-review Kerner (2013) it has been shown that classical traffic flow theories and
models failed to explain empirical traffic breakdown—a phase transition from metastable …

Understanding traffic capacity of urban networks

A Loder, L Ambühl, M Menendez, KW Axhausen - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Traffic in an urban network becomes congested once there is a critical number of vehicles in
the network. To improve traffic operations, develop new congestion mitigation strategies …

The impact of autonomous vehicles on urban traffic network capacity: an experimental analysis by microscopic traffic simulation

Q Lu, T Tettamanti, D Hörcher, I Varga - Transportation Letters, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Urban commuters have been suffering from traffic congestion for a long time. In order to
avoid or mitigate the congestion effect, it is significant to know how the introduction of …

Dynamics of heterogeneity in urban networks: aggregated traffic modeling and hierarchical control

M Ramezani, J Haddad, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Real traffic data and simulation analysis reveal that for some urban networks a well-defined
Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) exists, which provides a unimodal and low …

Optimal perimeter control for two urban regions with macroscopic fundamental diagrams: A model predictive approach

N Geroliminis, J Haddad… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent analysis of empirical data from cities showed that a macroscopic fundamental
diagram (MFD) of urban traffic provides for homogenous network regions a unimodal low …

Exploiting the fundamental diagram of urban networks for feedback-based gating

M Keyvan-Ekbatani, A Kouvelas, I Papamichail… - … Research Part B …, 2012 - Elsevier
Traffic signal control for urban road networks has been an area of intensive research efforts
for several decades, and various algorithms and tools have been developed and …

Perimeter and boundary flow control in multi-reservoir heterogeneous networks

K Aboudolas, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, we macroscopically describe the traffic dynamics in heterogeneous
transportation urban networks by utilizing the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD), a …

Existence of urban-scale macroscopic fundamental diagrams: Some experimental findings

N Geroliminis, CF Daganzo - Transportation Research Part B …, 2008 - Elsevier
A field experiment in Yokohama (Japan) reveals that a macroscopic fundamental diagram
(MFD) linking space-mean flow, density and speed exists on a large urban area. The …

On the spatial partitioning of urban transportation networks

Y Ji, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2012 - Elsevier
It has been recently shown that a macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) linking space-
mean network flow, density and speed exists in the urban transportation networks under …