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This paper proposes a simplified version of classical models for urban transportation networks, and studies the problem of controlling intersections with the goal of optimizing network-wide congestion. Differently from traditional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Gianluca Bianchin , Fabio Pasqualetti

Despite the importance of urban traffic flows, there are only a few theoretical approaches to determine fundamental relationships between macroscopic traffic variables such as the traffic density, the utilization, the average velocity, and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Dirk Helbing

This study proposes a coordinated ramp metering control framework in large networks based on scalable nonlinear traffic dynamics model discovery. Existing coordinated ramp metering control methods often require accurate traffic dynamics…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-11 Zihang Wei , Yang Zhou , Yunlong Zhang , Mihir Kulkarni

We propose a new model of one-dimensional traffic flow using a coupled map lattice. In the model, each vehicle is assigned a map and changes its velocity according to it. A single map is designed so as to represent the motion of a vehicle…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Satoshi Yukawa , Macoto Kikuchi

In this paper, we investigate traffic signal control in a network of interconnected intersections, aiming to balance lane-level vehicle densities through optimal green-time allocation. We develop a two-lane traffic flow model that…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-09 Xinfeng Ru , Ting Bai , Weiguo Xia , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

Recently, motivated by the pioneer works in revealing the small-world effect and scale-free property of various real-life networks, many scientists devote themselves to studying complex networks. In this paper, we give a brief review on the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-05-23 Bing-Hong Wang , Tao Zhou

We consider the freeway network control problem where the aim is to optimize the operation of traffic networks modeled by the Cell Transmission Model via ramp metering and partial mainline demand control. Optimal control problems using the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Marius Schmitt , John Lygeros

Modeling and simulating movement of vehicles in established transportation infrastructures, especially in large urban road networks is an important task. It helps with understanding and handling traffic problems, optimizing traffic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-09 Renátó Besenczi , Norbert Bátfai , Péter Jeszenszky , Roland Major , Fanny Monori , Márton Ispány

This article deals with the modeling for an individual car path through a road network, where the dynamics is driven by a coupled system of ordinary and partial differential equations. The network is characterized by bounded buffers at…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Theresa Dambach , Simone Göttlich , Stephan Knapp

The recently suggested correspondence between domain dynamics of traffic models and the asymmetric chipping model is reviewed. It is observed that in many cases traffic domains perform the two characteristic dynamical processes of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Levine , G. Ziv , L. Gray , D. Mukamel

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 studies a stochastic model that describes the evolution of vehicle densities in a road network. It is consistent with the class of (deterministic) kinematic wave models, which describe traffic flows on the basis of conservation…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-02-11 Michel Mandjes , Jaap Storm

Modeling how network-level traffic flow changes in the urban environment is useful for decision-making in transportation, public safety and urban planning. The traffic flow system can be viewed as a dynamic process that transits between…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Xiaoliang Lei , Hao Mei , Bin Shi , Hua Wei

This paper applies a discrete adjoint gradient computation method for a multi-class traffic flow model on road networks. Vehicle classes are characterized by their specific velocity functions, which depend on the total traffic density,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Paola Goatin , Axel Klar , Carmen Mezquita-Nieto

We study the relation between the average traffic flow and the vehicle density on road networks that we call 2D-traffic fundamental diagram. We show that this diagram presents mainly four phases. We analyze different cases. First, the case…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-06 Nadir Farhi , Maurice Goursat , Jean-Pierre Quadrat

We introduce a macroscopic model for a network of conveyor belts with various speeds and capacities. In a different way from traffic flow models, the product densities are forced to move with a constant velocity unless they reach a maximal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Adriano Festa , Simone Göttlich , Marion Pfirsching

As a dynamical complex system, traffic is characterized by a transition from free flow to congestions, which is mostly studied in highways. However, despite its importance in developing congestion mitigation strategies, the understanding of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-12-02 Feilong Wang , Daqing Li , Xiaoyun Xu , Ruoqian Wu , Shlomo Havlin

Motivated by the need for accurate traffic flow prediction in transportation management, we propose a functional data method to analyze traffic flow patterns and predict future traffic flow. In this study we approach the problem by sampling…

Applications · Statistics 2013-01-14 Jeng-Min Chiou

In this paper we carry out a computational study of a novel microscopic follow-the-leader model for traffic flow on road networks. We assume that each driver has its own origin and destination, and wants to complete its journey in minimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Emiliano Cristiani , Francesca L. Ignoto

A recently introduced cellular automaton model for the description of traffic flow is investigated. It generalises asymmetric exclusion models which have attracted a lot of interest in the past. We calculate the so-called fundamental…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 A. Schadschneider , M. Schreckenberg