TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Car-following models: fifty years of linear stability analysis - a mathematical perspective
JO  - Transportation planning and technology
A1  - Wilson, R.E.
A1  - Ward, J.A.
SP  - 3
EP  - 18
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
N2  - Abstract A general framework for car-following models is developed and its linear stability properties are analysed. The concepts of uniform flow, platoon stability and string stability are introduced and criteria which test for them are developed. Finally, string instability is divided into absolute, convective upstream and convective downstream sub-classes, and a procedure is developed to distinguish between them.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0308-1060
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2011.530826
ID  - ref1
ER  -