Boris Kerner

Boris Kerner

Boris S. Kerner (* 1947 in Moscow ) is a Russian-German transport scientist. He is the founder of the three-phase traffic theory .

Life

Boris S. Kerner is an expert on intelligent distributed traffic systems and the theory of structure formation in dissipative physical , chemical and biological systems . It was founded in 1947 in Moscow , Soviet Union was born, and completed in 1972 his studies at the Technical University of Moscow MIREA from. He received his doctorate in physics and mathematics from the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1979 and qualified as a professor in 1986 . Between 1972 and 1992 he dealt with the physics of semiconductors as well as plasma and solid state physics . During this time Boris Kerner, together with V. V. Osipov, developed a theory of autosolitons - individual intrinsic states that form into a large class of physical, chemical, and biological dissipative systems.

After emigrating from Russia to Germany in 1992, Kerner worked for Daimler AG in Stuttgart. Since then, his main interest has been understanding traffic on expressways . The experience with autosolitons helped Kerner to deepen his understanding, theory and modeling of road traffic. Empirical spatial-temporal properties of the traffic volume form the basis for Kerner's three-phase traffic theory. In the years 2000 to 2013 Kerner was the head of the scientific subject area traffic at Daimler AG. On April 6, 2011, Kerner was awarded the title of associate professor by the University of Duisburg-Essen . After his retirement at Daimler AG on January 31, 2013, Prof. Kerner works at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

literature

• Boris S. Kerner: Breakdown in Traffic Networks. Fundamentals of Transportation Science. 1st edition. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-54471-6
• Boris S. Kerner: Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control . The Long Road to Three-Phase Traffic Theory. 1st edition. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-02604-1 .
• Boris S. Kerner: The Physics of Traffic . Empirical Freeway Pattern Features, Engineering Applications, and Theory. In: Understanding Complex Systems . 1st edition. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-540-20716-3 .
• Boris S. Kerner, VV Osipov: Autosolitons . A New Approach to Problems of Self-Organization and Turbulence. In: Fundamental Theories of Physics . 1st edition. tape 61 . Kluwer, Dordrecht 1994, ISBN 0-7923-2816-7 .

credentials

• Gao, K., Jiang, R., Hu, SX., Wang, BH. & Wu, QS "Cellular-automaton model with velocity adaptation in the framework of Kerner's three-phase traffic theory" Phys. Rev. E 76,026105 (2007)
• H. Rehborn, S. Klenov, "Traffic Prediction of Congested Patterns", In: R. Meyers (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Springer New York, 2009, pp. 9500-9536
• H. Rehborn, J. Palmer, "Using ASDA and FOTO to generate RDS / TMC traffic messages", Traffic Engineering and Control, July 2008, pp.261-266.
• LC Davis, A book review of BS Kerner's book "Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control" in Physics Today, Vol. 63, Issue 3 (2010), p. 53

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article "Stuck in Traffic? Consult a Physicist" in The New York Times
2. ↑ Article "Stop-and-Go Science" at Science News Online
3. ^ Article by Davis in "APS News" with the title "Physicists and traffic flow" (PDF; 268 kB)
4. ↑ The Economist: Traffic jams - Adapting to road conditions - July 1st 2004 - From the print edition of "The Economist"
5. ↑ Physics Today - November 2005 by Henry Lieu (Federal Highway Administration, McLean, Virginia), book review “The Physics of Traffic: Empirical Freeway Pattern Features, Engineering Applications, and Theory” by Boris S. Kerner  ( page no longer available , search in Web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Article "Curing Congestion" in Discover Magazine, 1999
7. ↑ Retirement according to German law (standard age 65 + 1 for those born in 1947) .
8. ^ Faculty of Physics - Physics of Transport and Traffic - Members of the working group . Website of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Retrieved February 25, 2013.