A Macroscopic Traffic Model based on Driver Reaction and Traffic Stimuli
Date
2019
Authors
Khan, Zawar H.
Imran, Waheed
Azeem, Sajid
Khattak, Khurram S.
Gulliver, Thomas Aaron
Aslam, Muhammad Sagheer
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Publisher
Applied Sciences
Abstract
A new macroscopic traffic flow model is proposed, which considers driver presumption based on driver reaction and traffic stimuli. The Payne–Whitham (PW) model characterizes the traffic flow based on a velocity constant C0 which results in unrealistic density and velocity behavior. Conversely, the proposed model characterizes traffic behavior with velocities based on the distance headway. The performance of the proposed and PW models is evaluated over a 300 m circular road for an inactive bottleneck. The results obtained show that the traffic behavior with the proposed model is more realistic.
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Keywords
macroscopic traffic flow, driver reaction, traffic stimuli, velocity constant, Payne–Whitham (PW) model
Citation
Khan, Z.H., Imran, W., Azeem, S., Khattak, K.S., Gulliver, T.A. & Aslam, M.S. (2019). A Macroscopic Traffic Model based on Driver Reaction and Traffic Stimuli. Applied Sciences, 9(14), 2848. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9142848