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Prog. Theor. Phys. Supplement No.138 (2000) pp. 549-554

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Asymmetric Optimal Velocity Model for Traffic Flow

Macoto Kikuchi,1 Yuki Sugiyama,2,* Shin-ichi Tadaki3 and Satoshi Yukawa4

1Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
2Division of Mathematical Science, City College of Mie, Mie 514-0122, Japan
3Department of Information Science, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
4Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

(Received October 11, 1999)

Abstract:

We present a modified Optimal Velocity model which has the asymmetry of the sensitivity between the acceleration and deceleration process. This is very realistic modification and we search the possibility for correction toward more realistic behavior of a car in traffic flow.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTPS/138/549/
DOI : 10.1143/PTPS.138.549


*E-mail address: genbey@eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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Citing Article(s) :

  1. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 72 (2003) pp. 2754-2758 :
    Asymmetric Optimal Velocity Model
    Akiko Okumura and Shin-ichi Tadaki