Open AccessA traffic flow model considering signal light influence and its numerical simulation
Author(s) -
Tie-Qiao Tang,
Hai-Jun Huang,
Gang Xu,
Xue Yu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.57.56
Subject(s) - signal (programming language) , traffic flow (computer networking) , computer science , traffic model , computer simulation , traffic signal , flow (mathematics) , traffic wave , simulation , mechanics , statistical physics , physics , real time computing , traffic congestion reconstruction with kerner's three phase theory , traffic congestion , computer network , transport engineering , engineering , programming language
Based on the characteristics of car-following behavior in a road traffic system containing signal lightwe improve the car-following equation and then present a traffic flow model which considers the signal light influence. Numerical results show that the model can reproduce such phenomena as flow clustering and dissipatingand capture the propagation of stopping and starting waves. It is concluded that the model proposed in this paper is reasonable.