Optimizing Traffic Flow

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dc.creatorHuberman, Bernardo A.
dc.creatorHelbing, Dirk
dc.date1998-09-29
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dc.descriptionWe present an economics-based method for deciding the optimal rates at which vehicles are allowed to enter a highway. The method exploits the naturally occuring fluctuations of traffic flow and is flexible enough to adapt in real time to the transient flow characteristics of road traffic. Simulations based on realistic parameter values show that this strategy is feasible for naturally occuring traffic, and that even far from optimality, injection policies can improve traffic flow. Our results also allow a better understanding of the high flows observed in ``synchronized'' congested traffic close to ramps.
dc.descriptionSubmitted to Physical Review on September 25, 1998. For related work see http://www.parc.xerox.com/dynamics/ and http://www.theo2.physik.uni-stuttgart.de/helbing.html
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9809397
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9809397
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/28635
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectAdaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
dc.titleOptimizing Traffic Flow
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