SENIOR  COMPS PRESENTATIONS

in Mathematics

Macroscopic ODE Models of Traffic Flow

Zhengyi Zhou

Have you ever wondered how traffic lights are synchronized to minimize congestion?  Macroscopic models of traffic flow using ordinary differential equations may help.  It is a relatively new and unexplored way of modeling effects of traffic lights on traffic flow.  In this study, a few models are constructed, numerically analyzed, and applied to a sequence of lights and a traffic junction in search for optimal traffic control strategies.  The main math tool used in this study is ordinary differential equations, but anyone with some calculus knowledge can understand the talk.

Thursday, April 1st

4:30pm

Fowler 302

**Refreshments Will Be Served**

Everyone is invited!