Abstract A two lane, non-periodic highway with on-ramps and off-ramps is simulated using a simple cellular automata model. The main experimental features of highway traffic arc reproduced, indicating the usefulness of this approach for the study of traffic and it is shown the need of ramps to produce congested traffic. A fractal dimension for the variables used for traffic analysis, that is car density, car speed and flow has been measured with a Box Counting algorithm. Finally, it is suggested how to perform real-time traffic forecasts.
A realistic simulation for Highway Traffic by the use of Cellular Automata
Computational Science — ICCS 2002 ; 18 ; 763-772
Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 2329 , 18
2002-01-01
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Fractal Dimension , Cellular Automaton , Realistic Simulation , Congested Traffic , Cellular Automaton Model Computer Science , Theory of Computation , Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems , Mathematics of Computing , Computer Communication Networks , Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis , Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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