Regularization and control of irregular vehicular motion through a series of signals at disordered intervals

Takashi Nagatani

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2011, vol. 390, issue 11, 2127-2134

Abstract: We study the control and regularization of irregular motion of a vehicle moving through the series of traffic signals positioned at disordered intervals. All signals are controlled by both cycle time and phase shift. The nonlinear dynamic model of the vehicular motion controlled by signals is described in terms of the stochastic nonlinear map. The vehicle exhibits a very complex behavior with varying both cycle time and strength of disordered intervals. The delay or advance of tour time is compensated by synchronizing the phase shift with disordered intervals. The irregular motion induced by the disordered configuration of signals is regularized for various values of cycle time.

Keywords: Traffic dynamics; Signal control; Randomness; Regularization; Nonlinear map; Complex system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.02.017

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