WINNING STRATEGIES IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC

Ferenc Járai-Szabó () and Zoltán Néda ()
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Ferenc Járai-Szabó: Department of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, Street Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Zoltán Néda: Department of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, Street Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2012, vol. 23, issue 09, 1-10

Abstract: One-directional traffic on two-lanes is modeled in the framework of a spring-block type model. A fractionqof the cars are allowed to change lanes, following simple dynamical rules, while the other cars keep their initial lane. The advance of cars, starting from equivalent positions and following the two driving strategies is studied and compared. As a function of the parameterqthe winning probability and the average gain in the advancement for the lane-changing strategy is computed. An interesting phase-transition like behavior is revealed and conclusions are drawn regarding the conditions when the lane changing strategy is the better option for the drivers.

Keywords: Highway traffic; winning strategies; spring-block models; 89.40.Bb; 89.75.Fb; 07.05.Tp (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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