Synthesis of the advances in and application of fractal characteristic of traffic flow : [summary].

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• Creators:
  Gan, Albert
• Corporate Creators:
  Florida International University. Lehman Center for Transportation Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fractals
  • Highway traffic control
  • Traffic flow
  • Traffic volume
  • Traffic speed
  • Vehicle occupancy
  • Data collection
  • Accident data
  • Mathematical prediction
  • Traffic safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  BDK80 977-25
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida. Dept. of Transportation. Research Center
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS ; NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic Flow ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety
• Abstract:
  Fractals are geometric objects that are self-similar, meaning that their basic structure remains the same regardless of the scale of magnification. Self-similarity is readily seen in nature, for example, in trees, coastlines, clouds, etc. — fractals are often used to simulate natural landscapes in movies. Fractals were discovered in the 1970s by Benoit Mandelbrot, and at first, they seemed like mere curiosities. But fractals soon developed into fractal geometry, whose unique methods have found many uses, from simulating natural landscapes to analyzing processes.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26148/dot_26148_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 218.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8910750a28c1d06eb743849c2578e850ec833c28f4add1087d56c554b0ec213cef472e7987f6a1dc0852f1f636ad96609b1ed1b7b5fa6423310fe529779cc3fc