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A two-dimensional multi-class traffic flow model

Numerical Analysis 2020-11-04 v2 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

The aim of this work is to introduce a two-dimensional macroscopic traffic model for multiple populations of vehicles. Starting from the paper [20], where a two-dimensional model for a single class of vehicles is proposed, we extend the dynamics to a multi-class model leading to a coupled system of conservation laws in two space dimensions. Besides the study of the Riemann problems we also present a Lax-Friedrichs type discretization scheme recovering the theoretical results by means of numerical tests. We calibrate the multi-class model with real data and compare the fitted model to the real trajectories. Finally, we test the ability of the model to simulate the overtaking of vehicles.

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@article{arxiv.2006.10131,
  title  = {A two-dimensional multi-class traffic flow model},
  author = {Caterina Balzotti and Simone Göttlich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.10131},
  year   = {2020}
}

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21 pages, 14 figures