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We study the validity of the dissipative Aw-Rascle system as a macroscopic model for pedestrian dynamics. The model uses a congestion term (a singular diffusion term) to enforce capacity constraints in the crowd density while inducing a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-02-02 Pedro Aceves-Sanchez , Rafael Bailo , Pierre Degond , Zoe Mercier

This paper is concerned with a fluidodynamic model for traffic flow. More precisely, we consider a single conservation law, deduced from conservation of the number of cars, defined on a road network that is a collection of roads with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 G. M. Coclite , B. Piccoli

In this paper, we present an extension of the Generic Second Order Models (GSOM) for traffic flow on road networks. We define a Riemann solver at the junction based on a priority rule and provide an iterative algorithm to construct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Caterina Balzotti , Roberta Bianchini , Maya Briani , Benedetto Piccoli

The Aw-Rascle-Zhang (ARZ) model can be interpreted as a generalization of the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards (LWR) model, possessing a family of fundamental diagram curves, each of which represents a class of drivers with a different empty road…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-08-17 Shimao Fan , Michael Herty , Benjamin Seibold

This paper develops boundary observer for estimation of congested freeway traffic states based on Aw-Rascle-Zhang(ARZ) partial differential equations (PDE) model. Traffic state estimation refers to acquisition of traffic state information…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Huan Yu , Alexandre M. Bayen , Miroslav Krstic

The one-dimensional Aw-Rascle (AR) system has become a cornerstone of macroscopic models for single-lane vehicular traffic. A possible generalization of this model to a multi-dimensional setting is the so-called dissipative AR model, which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Ewelina Zatorska

This paper addresses the problem of traffic state estimation (TSE) in the presence of heterogeneous sensors which include both fixed and moving sensors. Traditional fixed sensors are expensive and cannot be installed throughout the highway.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-04 Suyash C. Vishnoi , Sebastian A. Nugroho , Ahmad F. Taha , Christian G. Claudel

This paper develops boundary feedback control laws in order to damp out traffic oscillations in the congested regime of the linearized two-class Aw-Rascle (AR) traffic model. The macroscopic second-order two-class AR traffic model consists…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-17 Mark Burkhardt , Huan Yu , Miroslav Krstic

We investigate the propagation of uncertainties in the Aw-Rascle-Zhang model, which belongs to a class of second order traffic flow models described by a system of nonlinear hyperbolic equations. The stochastic quantities are expanded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-06 Stephan Gerster , Michael Herty , Elisa Iacomini

We propose and analyse a new microscopic second order Follow-the-Leader type scheme to describe traffic flows. The main novelty of this model consists in multiplying the second order term by a nonlinear function of the global density, with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Dario Mazzoleni , Emanuela Radici , Filippo Riva

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-04 Caterina Balzotti , Simone Göttlich

The two phase model for vehicular traffic flows recently appeared in \cite{goatin2006aw} and \cite{BenyahiaRosini01} is endowed with a point constraint on the flow to allow for the modelling of phenomena such as the effects of toll booths…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-27 Massimiliano D. Rosini , Benyahia Mohamed Ramiz

We present a new family of second-order traffic flow models, extending the Aw-Rascle-Zhang (ARZ) model to incorporate nonlocal interactions. Our model includes a specific nonlocal Arrhenius-type look-ahead slowdown factor. We establish both…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Thomas Hamori , Changhui Tan

Traffic flow modeling spans a wide range of mathematical approaches, from microscopic descriptions of individual vehicle dynamics to macroscopic models based on aggregate quantities. A fundamental challenge in macroscopic modeling lies in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Stephan Gerster , Giuseppe Visconti

In this paper, we consider the two phases macroscopic traffic model introduced in [P. Goatin, The Aw-Rascle vehicular traffic flow with phase transitions, Mathematical and Computer Modeling 44 (2006) 287-303]. We first apply the wave-front…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-11 Mohamed Benyahia , Massimiliano Daniele Rosini

We propose a Physics Informed Learning framework for reconstructing traffic density from sparse trajectory data. The approach combines a second-order Aw-Rascle and Zhang model with a first-order training stage to estimate the equilibrium…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 S. Betancur Giraldo , J. Mårtensson , M. Barreau

In this paper, a PDE-ODE model with discontinuity in the flux as well as a flux constraint is analyzed. A modified Riemann solution is proposed and the existence of a weak solution to the Cauchy problem is rigorously investigated using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Hossein Nick Zinat Matin , Maria Laura Delle Monache

In this paper we study a model for traffic flow on networks based on a hyperbolic system of conservation laws with discontinuous flux. Each equation describes the density evolution of vehicles having a common path along the network. In this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-17 Maya Briani , Emiliano Cristiani

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

This paper addresses an open problem in traffic modeling: the second-order macroscopic node problem. A second-order macroscopic traffic model, in contrast to a first-order model, allows for variation of driving behavior across…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-06-20 Matthew A. Wright , Roberto Horowitz