Hot and repulsive traffic flow
Condensed Matter
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We study a message passing model, applicable also to traffic problems. The model is implemented in a discrete lattice, where particles move towards their destination, with fluctuations around the minimal distance path. A repulsive interaction between particles is introduced in order to avoid the appearance of traffic jam. We have studied the parameter space finding regions of fluid traffic, and saturated ones, being separated by abrupt changes. The improvement of the system performance is also explored, by the introduction of a non-constant potential acting on the particles. Finally, we deal with the behavior of the system when temporary failures in the transmission occurs.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9505155,
title = {Hot and repulsive traffic flow},
author = {I. Campos and A. Tarancon and F. Clerot and L. A. Fernandez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9505155},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
22 pages, uuencoded gzipped postscript file. 11 figures included