An improved car-following model considering the influence of space gap to the response

Xiangchen Li, Xia Luo, Mengchen He and Siwei Chen

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2018, vol. 509, issue C, 536-545

Abstract: The Full velocity difference (FVD) model considers the velocity difference, but it cannot capture the acceleration/deceleration asymmetric characteristic. This paper points out that the response of drivers to the velocity difference is influenced by the space gap (which is the space headway minus the vehicle length), and improves the FVD model based on this view. The improved model indicates that the reason why the asymmetric characteristic exists in the car-following behavior is that the response of drivers to the velocity difference is in negative correlation to the space gap. Neutral stability curves of the improved model are asymmetry. And the stability analysis indicates that the visual angle model (one of the improved FVD models) is a special case of the improved model proposed in this paper. Results of numerical computer simulations confirm that the improved model can capture the asymmetric characteristic, and further indicate that the asymmetric characteristic is caused by the influence of space gap to the drivers’ response. And finally, parameters of the improved car-following model are calibrated by real traffic flow data.

Keywords: Car-following behavior; Space gap; Velocity difference; Drivers’ response; Asymmetric characteristic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2018.06.069

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