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In this textbook, we describe the dynamics of vehicular traffic flow in terms of mathematical models. In the field of natural sciences, the mathematical approach has been eminently successful.
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The four steps are trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and route assignment.
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Multi-model open-source vehicular traffic simulator written in Java, see: www.movsim.org
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Treiber, M., Kesting, A. (2013). Introduction. In: Traffic Flow Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32460-4_1
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