 Metastable states in two-lane traffic flow models with slow-to-start ruleN. Moussa () The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2007, vol. 58, issue 2, 193-196 Abstract: Using computer simulations, we show that metastable states still occur in two-lane traffic models with slow to start rules. However, these metastable states no longer exist in systems where aggressive drivers (which do not look back before changing lanes) are present. Indeed, the presence of only one aggressive driver in the circuit, triggers the breakdown of the high flow states. In these systems, the steady state is unique and its relaxation dynamics should depend on the lane changing probability p ch and the number of aggressive drivers present in the circuit. It is found also that the relaxation time τ diverges as the form of a power-law: τ∝p ch -β , β=1. 89.40.+k Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2007 Keywords: 02.50.-Ey Stochastic processes, 05.45.-a Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, 45.70.Vn Granular models of complex systems; traffic flow , (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:spr:eurphb:v:58:y:2007:i:2:p:193-196 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00213-5 Access Statistics for this article The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems is currently edited by P. Hänggi and Angel Rubio More articles in The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems from Springer, EDP Sciences |
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