The effects of overtaking strategy in the Nagel-Schreckenberg model

Zhu Su, Weibing Deng (), Longfeng Zhao, Jihui Han, Wei Li () and Xu Cai
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Zhu Su: Complexity Science Center, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University
Weibing Deng: Complexity Science Center, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University
Longfeng Zhao: Complexity Science Center, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University
Jihui Han: Complexity Science Center, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University
Wei Li: Complexity Science Center, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University
Xu Cai: Complexity Science Center, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2016, vol. 89, issue 9, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Based on the Nagel-Schreckenberg (NS) model with periodic boundary conditions, we proposed the NSOS model by adding the overtaking strategy (OS). In our model, overtaking vehicles are randomly selected with probability q at each time step, and the successful overtaking is determined by their velocities. We observed that (i) traffic jams still occur in the NSOS model; (ii) OS increases the traffic flow in the regime where the densities exceed the maximum flow density. We also studied the phase transition (from free flow phase to jammed phase) of the NSOS model by analyzing the overtaking success rate, order parameter, relaxation time and correlation function, respectively. It was shown that the NSOS model differs from the NS model mainly in the jammed regime, and the influence of OS on the transition density is dominated by the braking probability p.

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Date: 2016
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