1993/10/10 by Kai Nagel, K. Nagel, Nagel, K. · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS) #Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques #Traffic control and management #Transportation Planning and Optimization #cond-mat #nlin.PS #patt-sol
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9310019
11 pages, latex, figs. available upon request, Cologne-WP 93.140
arxiv created 1993/10/10 · openalex publication_date 1993/10/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A set of very simple rules for driving behavior used to simulate roadway traffic gives realistic results. Because of its simplicity, it is easy to implement the model on supercomputers (vectorizing and parallel), where we have achieved real time limits of more than 4~million~kilometers (or more than 53~million vehicle sec/sec). The model can be used for applications where both high simulation speed and individual vehicle resolution are needed. We use the model for extended statistical analysis to gain insight into traffic phenomena near capacity, and we discuss that this model is a good candidate for network routing applications. (Submitted to Transportation Research Board Meeting, Jan. 1994, Washington D.C.)