LIFE TIMES OF SIMULATED TRAFFIC JAMS

Kai Nagel
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Kai Nagel: Zentrum für Paralleles Rechnen c/o Math. Inst., Universität, 50923 Kōln, Germany

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1994, vol. 05, issue 03, 567-580

Abstract: We study a model for freeway traffic which includes strong noise taking into account the fluctuations of individual driving behavior. The model shows emergent traffic jams with a self-similar appearance near the throughput maximum of the traffic. The lifetime distribution of these jams shows a short scaling regime, which gets considerably longer if one reduces the fluctuations when driving at maximum speed but leaves the fluctuations for slowing down or accelerating unchanged. The outflow from a traffic jam self-organizes into this state of maximum throughput.

Keywords: Traffic Flow; Traffic Jams; Cellular Automata; Lifetimes; Cluster Labeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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