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Traffic Structures Theory
FAST-DM62Acad. year: 2022/2023
Theory of traffic, transport systems, traffic networks. Problems to be solved in traffic network. Nonlinear dynamic phenomena in traffic flow.
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2. Transport systems, concepts of system theory
3. Traffic network, graph theory
4. Problems to be solved in traffic network, used algorithms
5. Traffic flow, its characteristics , fundamental diagrams
6. Kinematics of traffic flow, conservation law, wave propagation
7. Stacionary models of traffic flow
8. Microscopic and macroscopic models, simulation of traffic flow
9. Nonlinear dynamic models, their generic characteristics, nonlinear effects, nonlinear fundamental diagrams
10. Spontaneous congestion formation, emergence of congestion in traffic flow
11. Visualisation of important phenomena in traffic flow
12. Simulation of real traffic situations
13. Traffic flow control
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- Programme D-K-E-CE (N) Doctoral
branch KDS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme D-K-C-SI (N) Doctoral
branch KDS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme D-P-E-CE (N) Doctoral
branch KDS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme D-P-C-SI (N) Doctoral
branch KDS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
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