New kind of phase separation in a CA traffic model with anticipation

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/37/12/004MaRDI QIDQ4466271zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors María E. Lárraga, J. A. del Río, A. Schadschneider

Publication date 9 June 2004

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306531

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Traffic problems in operations research (90B20)

Abstract: A cellular automaton model of traffic flow taking into account velocity anticipation is introduced. The strength of anticipation can be varied which allows to describe different driving schemes. We find phase separation into a free-flow regime and a so-called $v$-platoon in an intermediate density regime. In a $v$-platoon all cars move with velocity $v$ and have vanishing headway. The velocity $v$ of a platoon only depends on the strength of anticipation. At high densities, a congested state characterized by the coexistence of a 0-platoon with several $v$-platoons is reached. The results are not only relevant for automated highway systems, but also help to elucidate the effects of anticipation that play an essential role in realistic traffic models. From a physics point of view the model is interesting because it exhibits phase separation with a condensed phase in which particles move coherently with finite velocity coexisting with either a non-condensed (free-flow) phase or another condensed phase that is non-moving.

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