Math model may decrease phantom traffic jams
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 14:14
in Mathematics & Economics
Some traffic jams have no apparent cause — no accident, no stalled vehicle, no lanes closed for construction. There is no easy way out of these maddening messes once you're stuck in them, but a new study has figured out how to reduce the odds of them forming at all.
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