Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit a paper for the following special issue on Traffic Flow Modelling in the newly established International Journal of Transportation (http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJT/):
Special Issue Call for Papers on: Advances in traffic flow theory and modelling
Aim and Scope
Traffic flow theory and modelling plays an important role in performance analysis, data mining, management, control and optimization of urban transport systems. Models of traffic flow range from microscopic, through mesoscopic, to macroscopic. Microscopic models describe movements of individual vehicles based on predefined dynamic laws such as car-following and lane-changing rules. Mesoscopic models are similar to their microscopic counterparts while considering collectively packets of vehicles with similar characteristics (e.g. type, speed, commodity, etc) and analyse the interactions among these. Macroscopic models consider traffic flow as a continuous fluid, which is then characterised by aggregate quantities such as flow, mean-speed, and density. Recently, the Network Fundamental Diagram (NFD), also known as Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) has also brought new and important insights to transport analysis and management at a further aggregated scale. Different models have their own merits: while microscopic models can capture fine details of behavior of individual vehicles and their interactions with infrastructure, macroscopic models can be better suited to large-scale applications due to their parsimonious nature and computational efficiency.
This special issue will explore the recent developments of different traffic flow theories and models. We will invite contributions from key researchers in this area to address both theoretical and empirical aspects. The scope of the special issue will include (but will not be limited to):
1. theoretical properties of traffic models (e.g. causality, dynamics and stability)
2. modeling and analysis of important observed phenomena (e.g. hysteresis);
3. calibration of traffic models and data requirements;
4. case studies around the world;
5. model-based control algorithms;
6. recent development of MFD and its applications;
7. comparison and connection between different modeling paradigms;
8. applications (e.g. to integrated multi-modal planning)
Guest Editors:
Andy Chow, University College London, UK
Nikolas Geroliminis, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Benjamin Heydecker University College London, UK
Important Dates:
**Submission Deadline: 30 June 2013 (Extended) **
Notification of Acceptance: July 2013
Final Version Due: September 2013
Special Issue Publishing Date (as requested): December 2013
Please email Andy Chow ([log in to unmask]) for further information or visit:
http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJT/
http://sersc.org/journals/IJT/cfp/IJT_SERSC%20Journal%20Special%20Issue%20Proposal%20_8.pdf
Best regards,
Andy Chow (UCL, UK)
Nikolas Geroliminis (EPFL, Switzerland)
Benjamin Heydecker (UCL, UK)
|