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Chin. Phys. B, 2015, Vol. 24(3): 038902    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/3/038902
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A new cellular automaton for signal controlled traffic flow based on driving behaviors

Wang Yang (王扬), Chen Yan-Yan (陈艳艳)
Beijing Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering, College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Abstract  The complexity of signal controlled traffic largely stems from the various driving behaviors developed in response to the traffic signal. However, the existing models take a few driving behaviors into account and consequently the traffic dynamics has not been completely explored. Therefore, a new cellular automaton model, which incorporates the driving behaviors typically manifesting during the different stages when the vehicles are moving toward a traffic light, is proposed in this paper. Numerical simulations have demonstrated that the proposed model can produce the spontaneous traffic breakdown and the dissolution of the over-saturated traffic phenomena. Furthermore, the simulation results indicate that the slow-to-start behavior and the inch-forward behavior can foster the traffic breakdown. Particularly, it has been discovered that the over-saturated traffic can be revised to be an under-saturated state when the slow-down behavior is activated after the spontaneous breakdown. Finally, the contributions of the driving behaviors on the traffic breakdown have been examined.
Keywords:  cellular automata      signalized traffic systems      spontaneous traffic breakdown      driving behaviors  
Received:  25 September 2014      Revised:  04 December 2014      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  89.40.Bb (Land transportation)  
  89.40.-a (Transportation)  
  02.60.Cb (Numerical simulation; solution of equations)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grand No. 2012CB723303) and the Beijing Committee of Science and Technology, China (Grand No. Z1211000003120100).
Corresponding Authors:  Chen Yan-Yan     E-mail:  cdyan@bjut.edu.cn

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Wang Yang (王扬), Chen Yan-Yan (陈艳艳) A new cellular automaton for signal controlled traffic flow based on driving behaviors 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 038902

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