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Course Name	Turkish	Trafik Akim Kuramlari
	English	Traffic Flow Theories
Course Code	ULS 604E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Hilmi Berk Çelikoğlu Hilmi Berk Çelikoğlu
Course Objectives		1. To teach modelling approaches on traffic flow by explicitly considering the fundamental relationship of vehicular traffic flow; 2. To teach formulation approaches on analytical and simulation-based models; 3. To teach to design a flow propagation process on a sample network by employing an analytical model; and 4. To direct the students to research on the recent advances in traffic flow modelling.
Course Description		Revisiting Fundamental Traffic Flow Variables and Characteristics – Theories of traffic flow modelling – Macroscopic scale – Kinematic wave theory – High order continuum models – Cell Transmission model – Microscopic scale – Car following theory – Nonlinear car following models – Mesoscopic modelling – Dynamic Network Loading (DNL) – DNL problem, model formulation and solution – Discrere DNL models - Network flow models – Analytical models – Simulation-based models – Hybrid models – DNL model simulation – Discretisation methods – Link performance functions
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Textbook		Lecture notes prepared by the lecturer.
Other References		[1] Treiber, M. and Kesting, A., “Traffic Flow Dynamics - Data, Models and Simulation”, Springer Verlag, 2013, p. 513. [2] May, A.D., “Traffic Flow Fundamentals”, Printice-Hall, New York, 1990, p. 464. [3] Gazis, D.C., “Traffic Theory” International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, p. 280. [4] Daganzo, C.F., “Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations”, Pergamon-Elsevier, Oxford U.K., 1997, p. 356. [5] Barceló, J. (ed), “Fundamentals of Traffic Simulation”, Springer Verlag, New York, 2010, p. 442. [6] Papageorgiou, M., “Applications of Automatic Control Concepts to Traffic Flow Modeling and Control: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences,” Springer Verlag, 1983, p. 204. [7] Ioannou, P. and Sun, J., “Robust Adaptive Control,” Dover Publications, First Edition, 2012, p. 852. [8] Cascetta, E., “Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods”, Springer, 2004, p. 736. [9] Ran, B. and Boyce, D., “Modeling Dynamic Transportation Networks: An Intelligent Transportation System Oriented Approach”, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH&Co.K, 1996, p. 356. [10] Bell, M.G.H. and Iida, Y., “Transportation Network Analysis,” Wiley, 1st edition, 1997, p. 226.

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