Kinetic derivation of Aw-Rascle-Zhang-type traffic models with driver-assist vehicles

DOI10.1007/S10955-021-02862-7arXiv2101.04066MaRDI QIDQ6358045FDOQ6358045

Authors: Giacomo Dimarco, Andrea Tosin, M. Zanella 

Publication date: 11 January 2021

Abstract: In this paper, we derive second order hydrodynamic traffic models from kinetic-controlled equations for driver-assist vehicles. At the vehicle level we take into account two main control strategies synthesising the action of adaptive cruise controls and cooperative adaptive cruise controls. The resulting macroscopic dynamics fulfil the anisotropy condition introduced in the celebrated Aw-Rascle-Zhang model. Unlike other models based on heuristic arguments, our approach unveils the main physical aspects behind frequently used hydrodynamic traffic models and justifies the structure of the resulting macroscopic equations incorporating driver-assist vehicles. Numerical insights show that the presence of driver-assist vehicles produces an aggregate homogenisation of the mean flow speed, which may also be steered towards a suitable desired speed in such a way that optimal flows and traffic stabilisation are reached.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-08) Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Boltzmann equations (35Q20) PDEs in connection with control and optimization (35Q93) Integro-partial differential equations (35R09) Traffic problems in operations research (90B20) Control/observation systems governed by partial differential equations (93C20) PDEs in connection with mathematical programming (35Q90) PDE constrained optimization (numerical aspects) (49M41) Traffic and pedestrian flow models (76A30)

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