Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model
Joint Authors
Kong, Dewen
Guo, Xiucheng
Yang, Bo
Wu, Dingxin
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-09-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper aims to analyze the impact of trucks on traffic flow and propose an improved cellular automaton model, which considers both the performance difference between passenger cars and trucks and the behaviour change of passenger cars under the impact of trucks.
A questionnaire survey has been conducted to find out whether the impact of trucks exists and how the behaviour of passenger car drivers changes under the impact of trucks.
The survey results confirm that the impact of trucks exists and indicate that passenger car drivers will enlarge the space gap, decelerate, and change lanes in advance when they are affected.
Simulation results show that traffic volume is still affected by percentages of trucks in the congestion phase in the proposed model compared with traditional heterogeneous cellular automaton models.
Traffic volume and speed decrease with the impact of trucks in the congestion phase.
The impact of trucks can increase traffic congestion as it increases.
However, it has different influences on the speed variance of passenger cars in different occupancies.
In the proposed model, the relative relationship of the space gap between car-following-truck and car-following-car is changeable at a certain value of occupancy, which is related to the impact of trucks.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kong, Dewen& Guo, Xiucheng& Yang, Bo& Wu, Dingxin. 2016. Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kong, Dewen…[et al.]. Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kong, Dewen& Guo, Xiucheng& Yang, Bo& Wu, Dingxin. Analyzing the Impact of Trucks on Traffic Flow Based on an Improved Cellular Automaton Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103316
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1103316