Abstract

In this paper we study formation of platoons and their velocity–size distribution in freeway traffic using the stochastic Master equation approach. The solution to the Master equation and the moments of the distribution are obtained by numeric integration. We also discuss a possible generalization of this approach to the case of a multi–lane traffic flow and propose a microscopic, particle–hopping model for simulations.

Date

March 26, 2001

Authors

A Galstyan, K Lerman

Journal

Proceedings of the TASK workshop, Santa Fe, NM

Pages

17-19