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We investigate a probabilistic cellular automaton model which has been introduced recently. This model describes single-lane traffic flow on a ring and generalizes the asymmetric exclusion process models. We study the equilibrium properties…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 M. Schreckenberg , A. Schadschneider , K. Nagel , N. Ito

We propose in this article an adaptation of the basic techniques of the deterministic network calculus theory to the road traffic flow theory. Network calculus is a theory based on min-plus algebra. It uses algebraic techniques to compute…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-04 Nadir Farhi , Habib Haj-Salem , Jean-Patrick Lebacque

In this paper we present a non-local numerical scheme based on the Local Discontinuous Galerkin method for a non-local diffusive partial differential equation with application to traffic flow. In this model, the velocity is determined by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-14 D. Do , H. Nick Zinat Matin , M. L. Delle Monache

We derive a modular fluid-flow network congestion control model based on a law of fundamental nature in networks: the conservation of information. Network elements such as queues, users, and transmission channels and network performance…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 C. Briat , E. A. Yavuz , H. Hjalmarsson , K. H. Johansson , U. T. Jönsson , G. Karlsson , H. Sandberg

In this paper, we propose the ultra-discrete optimal velocity model, a cellular-automaton model for traffic flow, by applying the ultra-discrete method for the optimal velocity model. The optimal velocity model, defined by a differential…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2009-05-23 Masahiro Kanai , Shin Isojima , Katsuhiro Nishinari , Tetsuji Tokihiro

In this paper we consider the problem of estimating emissions due to vehicular traffic on complex networks, and minimizing their effect by regulating traffic at junctions. For the traffic evolution, we consider a Generic Second Order Model,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-03-10 Caterina Balzotti , Maya Briani , Benedetto Piccoli

Optimal transport (OT) theory provides a principled framework for modeling mass movement in applications such as mobility, logistics, and economics. Classical formulations, however, generally ignore capacity limits that are intrinsic in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Anqi Dong , Karl Henrik Johansson , Johan Karlsson

We propose a model to implement and simulate different traffic-flow conditions in terms of quantum graphs hosting an ($N$+1)-level dot at each site, which allows us to keep track of the type and of the destination of each vehicle. By…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-20 Andrea Nava , Domenico Giuliano , Alessandro Papa , Marco Rossi

The paper proposes a general framework to analyze control problems for conservation law models on a network. Namely we consider a general class of junction distribution controls and inflow controls and we establish the compactness in $L^1$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Fabio Ancona , Annalisa Cesaroni , Giuseppe Maria Coclite , Mauro Garavello

In recent years the modelling of traffic flow using methods from statistical physics, especially cellular automata models have allowed simulations of large traffic networks faster than real time. In this paper, we study a probabilistic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. Larraga , J. A. del Rio

This paper addresses the problem of a boundary control design for traffic evolving in a large-scale urban network. The traffic state is described on a macroscopic scale and corresponds to the vehicle density, whose dynamics are governed by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-17 Liudmila Tumash , Carlos Canudas-de-Wit , Maria Laura Delle Monache

In this note, we propose a case study of freeway traffic flow modeled as a hybrid system. We describe two general classes of networks that model flow along a freeway with merging onramps. The admission rate of traffic flow from each onramp…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-03-02 Samuel Coogan , Murat Arcak

We study a minimal model of traffic flows in complex networks, simple enough to get analytical results, but with a very rich phenomenology, presenting continuous, discontinuous as well as hybrid phase transitions between a free-flow phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Daniele De Martino , Luca Dall'Asta , Ginestra Bianconi , Matteo Marsili

We present an economics-based method for deciding the optimal rates at which vehicles are allowed to enter a highway. The method exploits the naturally occuring fluctuations of traffic flow and is flexible enough to adapt in real time to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bernardo A. Huberman , Dirk Helbing

We propose a stochastic model for the intersection of two urban streets. The vehicular traffic at the intersection is controlled by a set of traffic lights which can be operated subject to fix-time as well as traffic adaptive schemes.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-03-19 M. Ebrahim Fouladvand , Zeinab Sadjadi , M. Reza Shaebani

Fundamental to many transportation network studies, traffic flow models can be used to describe traffic dynamics determined by drivers' car-following, lane-changing, merging, and diverging behaviors. In this study, we develop a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-07-31 Wen-Long Jin

Numerous networks, such as transportation, distribution and delivery networks optimize their designs in order to increase efficiency and lower costs, improving the stability of its intended functions, etc. Networks that distribute goods,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-03-26 Fabricio L. Forgerini , Orahcio F. de Sousa

Mathematical modeling at the level of the full cardiovascular system requires the numerical approximation of solutions to a one-dimensional nonlinear hyperbolic system describing flow in a single vessel. This model is often simulated by…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-04-22 Sebastian Acosta , Charles Puelz , Beatrice Riviere , Daniel J. Penny , Craig G. Rusin

In this paper, a particle method is used to approximate the solutions of a "fluid-like" macroscopic traffic flow model for automated vehicles. It is shown that this method preserves certain differential inequalities that hold for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-23 George Titakis , Iasson Karafyllis , Dionysis Theodosis , Ioannis Papamichail , Markos Papageorgiou

We present an algorithmic method for analyzing networks of intersections with static signaling, with as primary example a line network that allows traffic flow over several intersections in one main direction. The method decomposes the…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Marko Boon , Johan van Leeuwaarden