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# Fundamental diagrams for kinetic equations of traffic flow

• In this paper we investigate the ability of some recently introduced discrete kinetic models of vehicular traffic to catch, in their large time behavior, typical features of theoretical fundamental diagrams. Specifically, we address the so-called spatially homogeneous problem'' and, in the representative case of an exploratory model, we study the qualitative properties of its solutions for a generic number of discrete microscopic states. This includes, in particular, asymptotic trends and equilibria, whence fundamental diagrams originate.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90B20; Secondary: 34A34, 34D05.

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