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We generalize the phase transition model studied in [R. Colombo. Hyperbolic phase transition in traffic flow.\ SIAM J.\ Appl.\ Math., 63(2):708-721, 2002], that describes the evolution of vehicular traffic along a one-lane road. Two…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Edda Dal Santo , Massimiliano D. Rosini , Nikodem Dymski , Mohamed Benyahia

Macroscopic traffic models are necessary for simulation and study of traffic's complex macro-scale dynamics, and are often used by practitioners for road network planning, integrated corridor management, and other applications. These models…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-22 Matthew A. Wright , Gabriel Gomes , Roberto Horowitz , Alex A. Kurzhanskiy

Every driver knows that severe weather conditions cause traffic congestions. In many cases there is no direct reason for the congestion, and people tend to attribute it to the slow driving mode. Our computational study shows that the slow…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2008-12-15 Azi Lipshtat

The offset optimization problem seeks to coordinate and synchronize the timing of traffic signals throughout a network in order to enhance traffic flow and reduce stops and delays. Recently, offset optimization was formulated into a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-28 Yi Ouyang , Richard Y. Zhang , Javad Lavaei , Pravin Varaiya

The increase in congestion in surface traffic, airborne pollution, and other environmental issues have motivated the transit authorities to promote public transit worldwide. In big cities and large metropolitan areas, adding new rapid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Natividad González-Blanco , Antonio J. Lozano , Vladimir Marianov , Juan A. Mesa

Many problems in geometric optics or convex geometry can be recast as optimal transport problems: this includes the far-field reflector problem, Alexandrov's curvature prescription problem, etc. A popular way to solve these problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-08 Jun Kitagawa , Quentin Mérigot , Boris Thibert

In this work, a family of finite volume discretization schemes for LWR-type first order traffic flow models (with possible on- and off-ramps) is proposed: the Traffic Reaction Model (TRM). These schemes yield systems of ODEs that are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-03 M. Pereira , B. Kulcsár , Gy. Lipták , M. Kovács , G. Szederkényi

This paper has studied the minimum traffic delay at a two-phase intersection, taking into account the dynamical evolution process of queues. The feature of delay function has been studied, which indicates that the minimum traffic delay must…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-09-21 Hong-Ze Zhang , Rui Jiang , Mao-Bin Hu , Bin Jia

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

Facing the congestion challenges of mixed road networks comprising expressways and arterial road networks, traditional control solutions fall short. To effectively alleviate traffic congestion in mixed road networks, it is crucial to clear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-13 Yunran Di , Haotian Shi , Weihua Zhang , Heng Ding , Xiaoyan Zheng , Bin Ran

The first part of this paper contains a brief introduction to conservation law models of traffic flow on a network of roads. Globally optimal solutions and Nash equilibrium solutions are reviewed, with several groups of drivers sharing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-18 Alberto Bressan , Yucong Huang

This study addresses multilane vehicular traffic modelling, focusing on the transition between microscopic (individual vehicle-based) to macroscopic (aggregate flow-based) descriptions. While previous research on multilane traffic has…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-09 Matteo Piu , Giuseppe Visconti , Gabriella Puppo

We propose a model to implement and simulate different traffic-flow conditions in terms of quantum graphs hosting an ($N$+1)-level dot at each site, which allows us to keep track of the type and of the destination of each vehicle. By…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-20 Andrea Nava , Domenico Giuliano , Alessandro Papa , Marco Rossi

The heavy traffic and related issues have always been concerns for modern cities. With the help of deep learning and reinforcement learning, people have proposed various policies to solve these traffic-related problems, such as smart…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-27 Chang Liu , Guanjie Zheng , Zhenhui Li

We propose a two phase time dependent vehicle routing and scheduling optimization model that identifies the safest routes, as a substitute for the classical objectives given in the literature such as shortest distance or travel time,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-10-20 Aschkan Omidvar , Eren Erman Ozguven , O. Arda Vanli , R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam

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

A model for traffic flow in street networks or material flows in supply networks is presented, that takes into account the conservation of cars or materials and other significant features of traffic flows such as jam formation, spillovers,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-08-14 Dirk Helbing , Jan Siegmeier , Stefan Lämmer

Network traffic matrix estimation is an ill-posed linear inverse problem: it requires to estimate the unobservable origin destination traffic flows, X, given the observable link traffic flows, Y, and a binary routing matrix, A, which are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Syed Muhammad Atif , Nicolas Gillis , Sameer Qazi , Imran Naseem

The abundance of materials and the development of the economy have led to the flourishing of the logistics industry, but have also caused certain pollution. The research on GVRP (Green vehicle routing problem) for planning vehicle routes…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-22 YY. Feng

We propose new variational principles for traffic assignment problems. So to find equillibrium we have to solve large-scale convex optimization problem of special type. We propose some kind of "algebra" on different models and corresponding…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Alexander Gasnikov