Traffic behavior of mixed traffic flow with two kinds of different self-stabilizing control vehicles

Zhipeng Li, Wenzhong Li, Shangzhi Xu, Yeqing Qian and Jian Sun

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2015, vol. 436, issue C, 729-738

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a heterogeneous car following model in terms of an extension to the original optimal velocity model characterizing two classes of different self-stabilizing control vehicles. Linear stability analysis method is utilized to the extended model, for purpose to explore how the varying percentages of the vehicles with short-duration self-stabilizing control influence the stability of the heterogeneous traffic flow. We obtain the neutral stability lines for different percentages of two classes of vehicles, with finding that the traffic flow trends to stable with the decrease of the percentage for short-duration self-stabilizing control vehicles. Moreover, we explore a special case that the same numbers of two different classes of vehicles with self-stabilizing control. We theoretically derive the stability condition of the special case, and conclude the effect of the average value and the standard deviation of two time gaps, on the heterogeneous traffic stability. At last, direct simulations are conducted to verify the conclusion of theoretical analysis.

Keywords: Heterogeneous traffic; Traffic flow stability; Self-stabilizing control; Historical velocity difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.05.090

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