Effect of autonomous driving on traffic breakdown in mixed traffic flow: A comparison of classical ACC with three-traffic-phase-ACC (TPACC)

BS Kerner - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, an analysis of the effect of autonomous driving vehicles on traffic breakdown in
mixed traffic flow consisting of randomly distributed human driving and autonomous driving …

Failure of classical traffic flow theories: Stochastic highway capacity and automatic driving

BS Kerner - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
In a mini-review Kerner (2013) it has been shown that classical traffic flow theories and
models failed to explain empirical traffic breakdown—a phase transition from metastable …

Traffic flow characteristics in a mixed traffic system consisting of ACC vehicles and manual vehicles: A hybrid modelling approach

YM Yuan, R Jiang, MB Hu, QS Wu, R Wang - Physica A: Statistical …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, we have investigated traffic flow characteristics in a traffic system consisting of
a mixture of adaptive cruise control (ACC) vehicles and manual-controlled (manual) …

Phase transition in a mixture of adaptive cruise control vehicles and manual vehicles

R Jiang, MB Hu, B Jia, R Wang, QS Wu - The European Physical Journal …, 2007 - Springer
In this paper, we have investigated the effects of adaptive cruise control (ACC) vehicles in a
mixture with manually-controlled (manual) vehicles. The manual vehicles are simulated by …

Physics of automated driving in framework of three-phase traffic theory

BS Kerner - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
We have revealed physical features of automated driving in the framework of the three-
phase traffic theory for which there is no fixed time headway to the preceding vehicle. A …

Modeling traffic flow mixed with automated vehicles considering drivers' character difference

HB Zhu, YJ Zhou, WJ Wu - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2020 - Elsevier
Modeling impact of drivers' character difference on the traffic flow mixed with automated
vehicles would be a challenge. It needs to understand the character property of drivers who …

Effect of adaptive cruise control systems on mixed traffic flow near an on-ramp

LC Davis - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2007 - Elsevier
Mixed traffic flow consisting of vehicles equipped with adaptive cruise control (ACC) and
manually driven vehicles is analyzed using car-following simulations. Simulations of …

Effect of driver over-acceleration on traffic breakdown in three-phase cellular automaton traffic flow models

BS Kerner, SL Klenov, G Hermanns… - Physica A: Statistical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Based on simulations with cellular automaton (CA) traffic flow models, a generic physical
feature of the three-phase models studied in the paper is disclosed. The generic feature is a …

Spontaneous phase transition from free flow to synchronized flow in traffic on a single-lane highway

CJ Jin, W Wang, R Jiang, HM Zhang, H Wang - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2013 - APS
Traffic flow complexity comes from the car-following and lane-changing behavior. Based on
empirical data for individual vehicle speeds and time headways measured on a single-lane …

Effect of adaptive cruise control systems on traffic flow

LC Davis - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2004 - APS
The flow of traffic composed of vehicles that are equipped with adaptive cruise control (ACC)
is studied using simulations. The ACC vehicles are modeled by a linear dynamical equation …