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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

Macroscopic traffic flow is stochastic, but the physics-informed deep learning methods currently used in transportation literature embed deterministic PDEs and produce point-valued outputs; the stochasticity of the governing dynamics plays…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-11 Wuping Xin

Historically, traffic modelling approaches have taken either a particle-like (microscopic) approach, or a gas-like (meso- or macroscopic) approach. Until recently with the introduction of mean-field games to the controls community, there…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-06 Amoolya Tirumalai , John S. Baras

Physical solutions to the widely used Aw-Rascle-Zhang (ARZ) traffic model and the adapted pressure (AP) ARZ model should satisfy the positivity of density, the minimum and maximum principles with respect to the velocity $v$ and other…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-25 Wei Chen , Shumo Cui , Kailiang Wu , Tao Xiong

Urbanization leads to an increase of traffic in cities. The Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) suggests to describe urban traffic at a zonal level, in order to measure and control traffic. However, for a proper estimation, all data needs…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-02-14 Victor L. Knoop , Marianthi Mermygka , Hans van Lint

Traffic state estimation (TSE), which reconstructs the traffic variables (e.g., density) on road segments using partially observed data, plays an important role on efficient traffic control and operation that intelligent transportation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Rongye Shi , Zhaobin Mo , Kuang Huang , Xuan Di , Qiang Du

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

For stabilizing stop-and-go oscillations in traffic flow by actuating a variable speed limit (VSL) at a downstream boundary of a freeway segment, we introduce event-triggered PDE backstepping designs employing the recent concept of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-10 Peihan Zhang , Bhathiya Rathnayake , Mamadou Diagne , Miroslav Krstic

This article proposes a numerical scheme for computing the evolution of vehicular traffic on a road network over a finite time horizon. The traffic dynamics on each link is modeled by the Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial differential equation…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-02-14 Yanning Li , Christian G. Claudel , Benedetto Piccoli , Daniel B. Work

This paper aims to quantify uncertainty in traffic state estimation (TSE) using the generative adversarial network based physics-informed deep learning (PIDL). The uncertainty of the focus arises from fundamental diagrams, in other words,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-11 Zhaobin Mo , Yongjie Fu , Xuan Di

This study addresses the challenge of estimating traffic states for road links. We propose an innovative approach that leverages partial trajectory data captured by camera-equipped probe vehicles traveling in the opposite lane. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-02 Tanay Rastogi , Michele D. Simoni , Anders Karlström

We present data from several German freeways showing different kinds of congested traffic forming near road inhomogeneities, specifically lane closings, intersections, or uphill gradients. The states are localized or extended, homogeneous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Martin Treiber , Ansgar Hennecke , Dirk Helbing

State estimation is important for a variety of tasks, from forecasting to substituting for unmeasured states in feedback controllers. Performing real-time state estimation for PDEs using provably and rapidly converging observers, such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-29 Yuanyuan Shi , Zongyi Li , Huan Yu , Drew Steeves , Anima Anandkumar , Miroslav Krstic

The thesis deals with the Aw-Rascle-Zhang model for traffic. We have applied the model to describe the influence of a large and slow vehicle (a bus or a truck) on the traffic. The trajectory of the bus is given by an ODE. The model can also…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-03 Stefano Villa

Traffic flow is a very prominent example of a driven non-equilibrium system. A characteristic phenomenon of traffic dynamics is the spontaneous and abrupt drop of the average velocity on a stretch of road leading to congestion. Such a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-10-29 Florian Knorr , Michael Schreckenberg

This paper deals with traffic control at motorway bottlenecks assuming the existence of an unknown, time-varying, Fundamental Diagram (FD). The FD may change over time due to different traffic compositions, e.g., light and heavy vehicles,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-02 Farzam Tajdari , Claudio Roncoli

The Stefan PDE system is a representative model for thermal phase change phenomena, such as melting and solidification, arising in numerous science and engineering processes. The mathematical description is given by a Partial Differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Shumon Koga , Miroslav Krstic

Understanding, predicting and controlling laminar-turbulent boundary-layer transition is crucial for the next generation aircraft design. However, in real flight experiments, or wind tunnel tests, often only sparse sensor measurements can…

We analyze traffic data from a highway section containing one effective on-ramp. Based on two criteria, local velocity variation patterns and expansion (or nonexpansion) of congested regions, three distinct congested traffic states are…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Y. Lee , H. -W. Lee , D. Kim

Control of mixed-autonomy traffic where Human-driven Vehicles (HVs) and Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) coexist on the road has gained increasing attention over the recent decades. This paper addresses the boundary stabilization problem for mixed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Yihuai Zhang , Huan Yu , Jean Auriol , Mike Pereira