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Coupled vehicle and information flows: Message transport on a dynamic vehicle network

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  • Schönhof, Martin
  • Kesting, Arne
  • Treiber, Martin
  • Helbing, Dirk

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A freeway with vehicles transmitting traffic-related messages via short-range broadcasting is a technological example of coupled material and information flows in complex networks: information on traffic flows is propagated via a dynamically changing ad hoc network based on local interactions. As vehicle and information propagation occur on similar time scales, the network dynamics strongly influences message propagation, which is done by the movement of nodes (cars) and by hops between nearby nodes: two cars within the limited broadcast range establish a dynamic link. Using the cars of the other driving direction as relay stations, the weak connectivity within one driving direction when the density of equipped cars is small can be overcome. By analytical calculation and by microscopic simulation of freeway traffic with a given percentage of vehicles equipped for inter-vehicle communication, we investigate how the equipment level influences the efficiency and velocity of information propagation. By simulating the formation of a typical traffic jam, we show how the non-local information about bottlenecks and jam fronts can travel upstream and reach potential users.

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  • Schönhof, Martin & Kesting, Arne & Treiber, Martin & Helbing, Dirk, 2006. "Coupled vehicle and information flows: Message transport on a dynamic vehicle network," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 363(1), pages 73-81.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:363:y:2006:i:1:p:73-81
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.057
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