Traffic dynamics under speed disturbance in mixed traffic with automated and non-automated vehicles
- Award ID(s):
- 1932921
- PAR ID:
- 10389997
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Transportation Research Procedia
- Volume:
- 38
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 2352-1465
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 709 to 729
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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