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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

Traffic waves, the spatiotemporal propagation of congestion, are a key feature of traffic flow. As Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems gain widespread adoption and show promise for improving both efficiency and safety, understanding how…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Zihao Li , Quyuan Lin , Fan Pu , Soyoung Ahn , Yunlong Zhang , Jiwan Jiang , Yang Zhou

The paper provides results for the stabilization of a spatially uniform equilibrium profile for a scalar conservation law that arises in the study of traffic dynamics under variable speed limit control. Two different control problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-26 Iasson Karafyllis , Markos Papageorgiou

We investigate dynamical properties of traffic flow using the stochastic car-following model with modified optimal velocity on circular road. The safety distance following the two-second rule and autonomous vehicles, acting as agents,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-03-18 Manit Klawtanong , Surachate Limkumnerd

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

A microscopic theory of control of spatial-temporal congested traffic pattern at freeway bottlenecks is presented. Based on empirical spatial-temporal features of congested patterns at freeway bottlenecks which have recently been found,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Boris S. Kerner

In this study, we analyse the famous Aw-Rascle system in which the difference between the actual and the desired velocities (the offset function) is a gradient of a singular function of the density. This leads to a dissipation in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-27 N Chaudhuri , L Navoret , Charlotte Perrin , E Zatorska

This paper develops boundary control for freeway traffic with a downstream bottleneck. Traffic on a freeway segment with capacity drop at outlet of the segment is a common phenomenon leading to traffic bottleneck problem. The capacity drop…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-10 Huan Yu , Shumon Koga , Tiago Roux Oliveira , Miroslav Krstic

We propose a framework for constructing microscopic traffic models from microscopic acceleration patterns that can in principle be experimental measured and proper averaged. The exact model thus obtained can be used to justify the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-04-07 Bo Yang , Xihua Xu , John Z. F. Pang , Christopher Monterola

Wirelessly connected vehicles that exchange information about traffic conditions can reduce delays caused by congestion. At a 2-to-1 lane reduction, the improvement in flow past a bottleneck due to traffic with a random mixture of 40%…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-03-23 L. C. Davis

Navigating dense, lane-less traffic remains one of the most challenging scenarios for autonomous vehicles, especially in emerging regions where road structure and driver behavior are highly unpredictable. This paper presents a hybrid…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Parthib Khound

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

Urban traffic congestion significantly impacts regional air quality and contributes substantially to pollutant emissions. Suburban freeway corridors are a major source of traffic-related emissions, particularly nitrogen oxides (NOx) and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Alexander Hammerl , Ravi Seshadri , Thomas Kjær Rasmussen , Otto Anker Nielsen

A bottleneck situation in one-lane traffic-flow is typically modelled with a constant demand of entering cars. However, in practice this demand may depend on the density of cars in the bottleneck. The present paper studies a simple bimodal…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-11-26 Marko Woelki

In this paper, a multi-lane multi-population microscopic model, which presents stop and go waves, is proposed to simulate traffic on a ring-road. Vehicles are divided between human-driven and autonomous vehicles (AV). Control strategies are…

We consider a discrete-time dynamical system in a car-following context. The system was recently introduced to parsimoniously model human driving behavior based on utility maximization. The parameters of the model were calibrated using…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Suzhou Huang , Jian Hu

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 we proposed an extension to the traffic model of Aw, Rascle and Greenberg. The extended traffic model can be written as a hyperbolic system of balance laws and numerically reproduces the reverse $\lambda$ shape of the fundamental…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-11 Florian Siebel , Wolfram Mauser

This paper presents two one-dimensional mathematical models describing automobile traffic flow on straight road segments at a signalized intersection. When the traffic light is permissive, the flow density and velocity are obtained by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Akbota Senkebayeva

In this paper, we derive second order hydrodynamic traffic models from kinetic-controlled equations for driver-assist vehicles. At the vehicle level we take into account two main control strategies synthesising the action of adaptive cruise…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-12-30 Giacomo Dimarco , Andrea Tosin , Mattia Zanella