摘要

In this work we introduce a novel model for the tracking of a thief moving through a road network. The modeling equations are given by a strongly coupled system of scalar conservation laws for the road traffic and ordinary differential equations for the thief evolution. A crucial point is the characterization at intersections, where the thief has to take a routing decision depending on the available local information. We develop a numerical approach to solve the thief tracking problem by combining a time-dependent shortest path algorithm with the numerical solution of the traffic flow equations. Various computational experiments are presented to describe different behavior patterns.

  • 出版日期2016-9