1. A new car-following model considering driver’s individual anticipation behavior
- Author
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Sun Dihua, Yang Shu-Hong, and Kang Yi-Rong
- Subjects
Computer science ,Applied Mathematics ,Mechanical Engineering ,Aerospace Engineering ,Ocean Engineering ,Traffic flow ,Response delay ,Stability (probability) ,Car following ,Traffic system ,Control and Systems Engineering ,Control theory ,Anticipation (artificial intelligence) ,Linear stability analysis ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Simulation - Abstract
In this paper, a new car-following model of traffic flow is proposed by considering the driver’s individual anticipation behavior (forecast behavior and response delay behavior). The effect of anticipation parameters corresponding to the individual differences upon the stability of traffic flow is examined through linear stability analysis. The simulation results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis and confirm that traffic flow can be stabilized efficiently by drivers’ forecast effect (positive anticipation parameter) and, nevertheless, be destabilized by drivers’ physical delay effect (negative anticipation parameter). Thus, the two aspects of drivers’ individual anticipation behavior play an important role in stabilizing or destabilizing the traffic system, respectively.
- Published
- 2015