Mathematical Model for Traffic Flow

  • Authors

    • Keerthika C
    • Narahari Greeshma
    • Priya Vyshnavi
    • Vyshnavi Kumar Reddy
    • K. Indhira
    • V. M. Chandrasekaran
    2018-10-02
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.10.26631
  • Gauss-Jordan elimination, Jamiton, Phantom jam, Traffic jam.
  • Every year countless hours are lost in traffic jams. When the density of traffic is sufficiently high small disturbances in vehicle’s accelerations can cause phantom traffic jams. We can relate the traffic flow to mathematics and physics like that of liquids and gases. This paper presents mathematical model for phantom jams and Gauss Jordan elimination for traffic flow.

     

     

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    C, K., Greeshma, N., Vyshnavi, P., Kumar Reddy, V., Indhira, K., & M. Chandrasekaran, V. (2018). Mathematical Model for Traffic Flow. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.10), 940-941. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.10.26631