Published January 10, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Headway statistics of public transport in Mexican cities

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Trojanova 13, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Hradec Kralove, Vita Nejedleho 573, Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic)

Description

We present a cellular automaton simulating the behaviour of public bus transport in several Mexican cities. The headway statistics obtained from the model is compared to the measured time intervals between subsequent bus arrivals to a given bus stop and to a spacing distribution resulting from a random matrix theory. (letter to the editor)

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/L7/a301l2.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
05.65.+b Self-organized systems; 45.70.Vn Granular models of complex systems; traffic flow;

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. L7-L11
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34018828
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BUSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEXICO; RANDOMNESS; SIMULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LATIN AMERICA; MATHEMATICS; NORTH AMERICA; VEHICLES