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Michael Schreckenberg

Michael Schreckenberg

Professor of Physics of Transport and Traffic

Michael Schreckenberg serves as Professor of Physics of Transport and Traffic at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He was the first person to explain phantom traffic jams. He is also known for the Nagel-Schreckenberg model, which simulates freeway traffic.

Contributions by Michael Schreckenberg