A Concise Introduction to Traffic Engineering

lt;p>Raffaele Mauro is full professor of highway and traffic engineering and member of the teaching body of the PhD program at DICAM, University of Trento, Italy. He serves as member of the editorial board of several international scientific journals. He has authored 7 books and more than 140 papers published in national and international scientific journals or conference proceedings. His research interests include traffic and random processes, traffic control at intersections, highway design and control.

Marco Guerrieri is assistant professor of highway and traffic engineering at DICAM, University of Trento, Italy) and qualified to full professorship. He serves as member of the editorial board of several international scientific journals. He has authored 2 books and more than 90 scientific papers published in national and international scientific journals or conference proceedings. His research interests include microscopic traffic simulation, highway design and control, alternative Intersection design.

Macroscopic variables and fundamental relationships of traffic flow theory.- Macroscopic traffic flow models.- Continuity flow equation, kinematic waves and shock waves.- Microscopic models and traffic instability.- Fundamentals of random and traffic processes.- Traffic management and control systems.- Interference between traffic flows: the gap acceptance theory.- Queue formation: general models.- Unsignalized intersections.