Mathematics and Physics Seminar: Alberto Bressan

Modeling Traffic Flow

Thursday 12 June 2025 at 3:30 pm, as part of the “Mathematics and Physics Seminar in Milan” series, Prof. Alberto Bressan (Penn State University) will give the following talk

Title: Modeling Traffic Flow

Abstract: The talk will survey various models of traffic flow, with particular focus on new mathematical problems arising from some of these models. A large literature is currently available on particle models, describing the position of every car in terms of a large number of ODEs, and macroscopic models, where the traffic density is determined by a PDE. Vehicular traffic can also be analyzed from the point of view of decision theory. Indeed, daily traffic patterns arise as the outcome of the decisions of a large number of drivers, who choose their departure time and route to destination in an “optimal” way. Some recent work and open problems will be discussed.

Information to attend

The seminar will be held in Room 3014 (3rd Floor) - U5 Building, University of Milano-Bicocca.

A coffee break will follow

 

All interested are invited to participate


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