Traffic flow phase transition phenomena based on the kinetic approach

2023/11/24 by Zhang, Zhizhen, Lu, Changhong
#Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG) #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2311.14235

Abstract

We develop a discrete Boltzmann-type model that uses dynamics in phase space to describe the behavior of traffic flows. Firstly, we model the traffic flow at mesoscopic scale using dynamics in phase space, which is considered as an evolution model in a graph, and we demonstrate the existence of phase transition phenomena through theoretical analysis. Secondly, we assumed the density of vehicles in geometric space to be homogeneous and single-peaked, respectively, and performed numerical simulations to obtain the results consistent with experience. According to this model, we can perform effective simulations on the effects played by multiple parameters on the traffic flow.

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