A novel car following model considering average speed of preceding vehicles group

作者:Sun, Dihua; Kang, Yirong*; Yang, Shuhong
来源:Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications , 2015, 436: 103-109.
DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2015.04.028

摘要

In this paper, a new car following model is presented by considering the average speed effect of preceding vehicles group in cyber-physical systems (CPS) environment. The effect of this new consideration upon the stability of traffic flow is examined through linear stability analysis. A modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation was derived via nonlinear analysis to describe the propagating behavior of traffic density wave near the critical point. Good agreement between the simulation and the analytical results shows that average speed of preceding vehicles group leads to the stabilization of traffic systems, and thus can efficiently suppress the emergence of traffic jamming.