 Stochastic modeling for vehicle platoons (I): Dynamic grouping behavior and online platoon recognitionBaibing Li Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2017, vol. 95, issue C, 364-377 Abstract: A vehicle platoon is a group of vehicles traveling together at approximately the same speed. Traffic platooning is an important phenomenon that can substantially increase the capacity of roads. This two-part paper presents a new approach to stochastic dynamic modeling for vehicle platoons. In part I, we develop a vehicle platoon model with two interconnected components: a Markov regime-switching stochastic process that is used to model the dynamic behavior of platoon-to-platoon transitions, and a state space model that is employed to describe individual vehicles’ dynamic movements within each vehicle platoon. On the basis of the developed stochastic dynamic model, we then develop an algorithm for online platoon recognition. The proposed stochastic dynamic model for vehicle platoons also provides a new approach to vehicle speed filtering for traffic with a platoon structure. Keywords: Dynamic grouping behavior; Markov regime switching process; State space model; Vehicle platoon; Vehicle speed; Vehicle time headway (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transb:v:95:y:2017:i:c:p:364-377 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2016.07.019 Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is currently edited by Fred Mannering More articles in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological from Elsevier |
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