Lie Symmetry Analysis of the Aw–Rascle–Zhang Model for Traffic State Estimation

Andronikos Paliathanasis () and Peter G. L. Leach
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Andronikos Paliathanasis: Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa
Peter G. L. Leach: Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: We extend our analysis on the Lie symmetries in fluid dynamics to the case of macroscopic traffic estimation models. In particular we study the Aw–Rascle–Zhang model for traffic estimation, which consists of two hyperbolic first-order partial differential equations. The Lie symmetries, the one-dimensional optimal system and the corresponding Lie invariants are determined. Specifically, we find that the admitted Lie symmetries form the four-dimensional Lie algebra A 4 , 12 . The resulting one-dimensional optimal system is consisted by seven one-dimensional Lie algebras. Finally, we apply the Lie symmetries in order to define similarity transformations and derive new analytic solutions for the traffic model. The qualitative behaviour of the solutions is discussed.

Keywords: Lie symmetries; invariant functions; traffic estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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