Starting from the instability diagram of a traffic flow model, we derive conditions for the occurrence of congested traffic states, their appearance, their spreading in space and time, and the related increase in travel times. We discuss the terminology of traffic phases and give empirical evidence for the existence of a phase diagram of traffic states. In contrast to previously presented phase...

Freeway traffic flow is described in terms of control theory. The detecting elements of millimeter-wave radar sensors, which detect speed and occupancy time by a 61-GHz continuous-wave doppler radar, are used. The regulating unit consists of variable traffic signs for traffic-dependent speed limit and alternative route guidance. The control unit consists of a local computer and a control center...

The characteristic of traffic flow on highway is analyzed in this paper firstly. According to Catastrophe Theory, the function of occupancy time and volume is established. Then a highway traffic incident detection method based on Lipschitz exponent is advanced by using Wavelet Theory, whose core is to judge the singular points of traffic flow accurately. When the value of Lipschitz exponent is ...

Large scale traffic congestion often stems from local traffic jam in single road or intersection. In this paper, macroscopic method was used to explore the formation and propagation of local traffic jam. It is found that (1) the propagation of traffic jam can be seen as the propagation of traffic signal parameters, that is, virtual split and virtual green time; (2) for a road with endogenous fl...

The performance of many traffic control strategies depends on how much the traffic flow models have been accurately calibrated. One of the most applicable traffic flow model in traffic control and management is LWR or METANET model. Practically, key parameters in LWR model, including free flow speed and critical density, are parameterized using flow and speed measurements gathered by inductive ...

We study the steady-state behavior of a driven nonequilibrium lattice gas of hard-core particles with next-nearest-neighbor interaction. We calculate the exact stationary distribution of the periodic system and for a particular line in the phase diagram of the system with open boundaries where particles can enter and leave the system. For repulsive interactions the dynamics can be interpreted a...

In this paper, a family of multi-value cellular automaton (CA) associated with traffic flow is presented. The family is obtained by extending the rule–184 CA, which is an ultradiscrete analogue to the Burgers equation. CA models in the family show both metastable states and stop-and-go waves, which are often observed in real traffic flow. Metastable states in the models exist not only on a prom...

WFQ+ is a packet scheduler providing optimal QoS guarantees at a low computational complexity. It allows a fraction of the total link capacity to be reserved to each packet flow to transmit, and it guarantees to each flow the minimum possible deviation with respect to its reserved service over any time interval. WFQ+ has been defined assuming that the set of the packet flows to transmit is fixe...

the performance of many traffic control strategies depends on how much the traffic flow models are accurately calibrated. one of the most applicable traffic flow model in traffic control and management is lwr or metanet model. practically, key parameters in lwr model, including free flow speed and critical density, are parameterized using flow and speed measurements gathered by inductive loop d...