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Density Oscillations Between Lanes of a Multilane Highway

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  • Denos C. Gazis

    (IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York)

  • Robert Herman

    (General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan)

  • George H. Weiss

    (Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland)

Abstract

The interchange of traffic density between lanes moving in the same direction is investigated on the basis of a simple mathematical model. Emphasis is placed on the question of stability, i.e., attenuation of disturbances from an “equilibrium density distribution.” A solution is obtained for a system of differential difference equations with a time lag corresponding to the interaction of two lanes. This solution is directly applicable to other problems described by similar equations, such as the follow-the-leader problem. The solution is generalized to n lanes, and it is found that the inherent instability is twice as great for n approaching infinity as it is for two lanes.

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  • Denos C. Gazis & Robert Herman & George H. Weiss, 1962. "Density Oscillations Between Lanes of a Multilane Highway," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 10(5), pages 658-667, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:10:y:1962:i:5:p:658-667
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.10.5.658
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    5. Yanhong Wang & Rui Jiang & Yu (Marco) Nie & Ziyou Gao, 2021. "Impact of Information on Topology-Induced Traffic Oscillations," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 55(2), pages 475-490, March.
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    8. Malachy Carey & Chandra Balijepalli & David Watling, 2015. "Extending the Cell Transmission Model to Multiple Lanes and Lane-Changing," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 507-535, September.
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    10. Zhao, Tingting & Nie, Yu (Marco) & Zhang, Yi, 2014. "Extended spectral envelope method for detecting and analyzing traffic oscillations," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 1-16.

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