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This chapter deals with equilibrium traffic models for traffic flows. In the first section we introduce the basic assumptions common to all equilibrium traffic models; then, in the second section, we show how to construct the solution to the related Riemann problems. In the final section we discuss the drawbacks of the equilibrium traffic models.
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Rosini, M.D. (2013). Equilibrium Traffic Models. In: Macroscopic Models for Vehicular Flows and Crowd Dynamics: Theory and Applications. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00155-5_10
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