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Evaluating the effectiveness and benefits of driver assistance systems is crucial for improving the system performance. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for testing and evaluating lane departure correction systems at a low cost…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-02-21 Wenshuo Wang , Ding Zhao

This article investigates the use of a model-based neural-network for the traffic reconstruction problem using noisy measurements coming from probe vehicles. The traffic state is assumed to be the density only, modeled by a partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-18 John Liu , Matthieu Barreau , Mladen Cicic , Karl H. Johansson

Effective traffic optimization strategies can improve the performance of transportation networks significantly. Most exiting works develop traffic optimization strategies depending on the local traffic states of congested road segments,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-02 Fengkun Gao , Bo Yang , Cailian Chen , Xinping Guan , Yang Zhang

We study stochastic dynamical systems in settings where only partial statistical information about the noise is available, e.g., in the form of a limited number of noise realizations. Such systems are particularly challenging to analyze and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-06 Liviu Aolaritei , Nicolas Lanzetti , Florian Dörfler

This paper presents two case studies where a macroscopic model-based approach for traffic state estimation, which we have recently developed, is employed and tested. The estimation methodology is developed for a "mixed" traffic scenario,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-09-22 Claudio Roncoli , Nikolaos Bekiaris-Liberis , Markos Papageorgiou

In {\em{Holm}, Proc. Roy. Soc. A 471 (2015)} stochastic fluid equations were derived by employing a variational principle with an assumed stochastic Lagrangian particle dynamics. Here we show that the same stochastic Lagrangian dynamics…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-25 Colin J Cotter , Georg A Gottwald , Darryl D Holm

Simulation is a valuable tool for traffic management experts to assist them in refining and improving transportation systems and anticipating the impact of possible changes in the infrastructure network before their actual implementation.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Davide Andrea Guastella , Alejandro Morales-Hernàndez , Bruno Cornelis , Gianluca Bontempi

Inference of detailed vehicle trajectories is crucial for applications such as traffic flow modeling, energy consumption estimation, and traffic flow optimization. Static sensors can provide only aggregated information, posing challenges in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-24 Yifan Zhang , Anastasios Kouvelas , Michail A. Makridis

Statistical mechanics of a small system of cars on a single-lane road is developed. The system is not characterized by a Hamiltonian but by a conditional probability of a velocity of a car for the given velocity and distance of the car…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Anton Šurda

We propose a quantitative approach for calibrating and validating key features of traffic instabilities based on speed time series obtained from aggregated data of a series of neighboring stationary detectors. We apply the proposed criteria…

Physics and Society · Physics 2010-08-11 Martin Treiber , Arne Kesting

Accurate detection of traffic anomalies is crucial for effective urban traffic management and congestion mitigation. We use the Spatiotemporal Generative Adversarial Network (STGAN) framework combining Graph Neural Networks and Long…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Fotis I. Giasemis , Alexandros Sopasakis

We develop a systematic information-theoretic framework for quantification and mitigation of error in probabilistic Lagrangian (i.e., path-based) predictions which are obtained from dynamical systems generated by uncertain (Eulerian) vector…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Michal Branicki , Kenneth Uda

An urban traffic system is a heterogeneous system, which consists of different types of intersections and dynamics. In this paper, we focus on one type of heterogeneous traffic network, which consists of signalized junctions and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-11 Yicheng Zhang , Rong Su , Yi Zhang , Chunyang Sun

We present a new method to obtain spatio-temporal information from aggregated data of stationary traffic detectors, the ``adaptive smoothing method''. In essential, a nonlinear spatio-temporal lowpass filter is applied to the input detector…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Treiber , Dirk Helbing

In this work we investigate the ability of a kinetic approach for traffic dynamics to predict speed distributions obtained through rough data. The present approach adopts the formalism of uncertainty quantification, since reaction strengths…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-04-07 M. Herty , A. Tosin , G. Visconti , M. Zanella

The dynamical properties of road traffic time series from North-Rhine Westphalian motorways are investigated. The article shows that road traffic dynamics is well described as a persistent stochastic process with two fixed points…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-05-23 Helge Siegel , Dennis Belomestnyi

Human mobility, enabled by diverse transportation modes, is fundamental to urban functionality. Studying these movements across scales-from microscopic to macroscopic-yields valuable insights into urban dynamics. Local adaptation and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-21 Babak Benam , Abolfazl Ramezanpour

Drivers' heterogeneity and the broad range of vehicle characteristics on public roads are primarily responsible for the stochasticity observed in road traffic dynamics. Understanding the behavioural differences in drivers (human or…

We propose here some new sampling algorithms for Path Sampling in the case when stochastic dynamics are used. In particular, we present a new proposal function for equilibrium sampling of paths with a Monte-Carlo dynamics (the so-called…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gabriel Stoltz

In this paper a spatial homogeneous vehicular traffic flow model based on a stochastic master equation of Boltzmann type in the acceleration variable is solved numerically for a special driver interaction model. The solution is done by a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Thomas Waldeer