Benjamin Seibold - Research

Traffic Flow

We can explain phantom traffic jams as stable traveling detonation waves, which we call jamitons.

Traffic Modeling Web Site

For this project, we have a specific traffic modeling web site.

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Related Publications

M. R. Flynn, A. R. Kasimov, J.-C. Nave, R. R. Rosales, B. Seibold, Self-sustained nonlinear waves in traffic flow, Phys. Rev. E, Vol. 79, No. 5, 2009.

Research Support

NSF grant DMS-1007899, Collaborative Research: Phantom traffic jams, continuum modeling, and connections with detonation wave theory, collaboration with Rodolfo Ruben Rosales, NSF grant DMS-1007967