Description:

Mobility and associated human problems. Basic traffic parameters and their measurement. Estimation of quality of services. Theoretical fundamentals and applications of mathematical models. Macroscopic, statistical and microscopic models. Theory of shock waves, queuing theory and special theory of traffic phenomena. Relation between traffic models and traffic flow management.

Recommended literature:

Gerlough D., Huber M.: Traffic flow theory: A monograph. Washington: TRB, 1975.
Roess R., Prassas E., McShane W.: Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 4th edition, pp. 734, ISBN: 978-0-13-613573-9.
Gasis D.: Traffic Theory, Kluwner Academic Publishers, pp. 258, ISBN 1-4020-7095-0.

Keywords:

traffic flow, mobility, traffic characteristics, traffic sensors, traffic flow models, traffic excesses

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar