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To explain empirical spatiotemporal features of congested patterns, in 1996-1999 the author introduced three-phase traffic theory, in which the empirical complexity of freeway traffic was explained in terms of diverse spatiotemporal features of three traffic phases: free flow, synchronized flow, and wide moving jam 1205, 207–2111.
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Kerner, B.S. (2004). Basis of Three-Phase Traffic Theory. In: The Physics of Traffic. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40986-1_4
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