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Metastable Congested States in Multisegment Traffic Cellular Automaton

Physics and Society 2009-11-11 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases

Abstract

We investigate a simple multisegment cellular automaton model of traffic flow. With the introduction of segment-dependent deceleration probability, metastable congested states in the intermediate density region emerge, and the initial state dependence of the flow is observed. The essential feature of three-phased structure empirically found in real-world traffic flow is reproduced without elaborate assumptions.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0507122,
  title  = {Metastable Congested States in Multisegment Traffic Cellular Automaton},
  author = {Yutaka Nishimura and Taksu Cheon and Petr Seba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0507122},
  year   = {2009}
}

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