From Drivers to Athletes: Modeling and Simulating Cross-Country Skiing Marathons

Martin Treiber (), Ralph Germ and Arne Kesting ()
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Martin Treiber: Technische Universität Dresden
Ralph Germ: Technische Universität Dresden
Arne Kesting: TomTom Development Germany GmbH

A chapter in Traffic and Granular Flow '13, 2015, pp 243-249 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Traffic flow of athletes in classic-style cross-country ski marathons, with the Swedish Vasaloppet as prominent example, represents a non-vehicular system of driven particles with many properties of vehicular traffic flow such as unidirectional movement, the existence of lanes, and, moreover, severe traffic jams. We propose a microscopic acceleration and track-changing model taking into account different fitness levels, gradients, and interactions between the athletes in all traffic situations. The model is calibrated on microscopic data of the Vasaloppet 2012. Using the multi-model open-source simulator MovSim.org , we simulate all 15,000 participants of the Vasaloppet during the first 10 km.

Keywords: Lane-changing Model; Acceleration Microscopy; Severe Traffic Jams; Maximum Mechanical Power; Mandatory Lane (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10629-8_29

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