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Network breakdown “at the edge of chaos” in multi-agent traffic simulations

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  • M. Rieser
  • K. Nagel

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Traffic is highly influenced by network structure and human behaviour. Small changes in the human behaviour can lead to huge changes in the load of a traffic network. Current transportation models do not, and most of them cannot, research such random behaviour but always calculate a steady state. In our multi-agent transport simulation, we frequently observe seemingly random “network breakdowns”, huge traffic jams that spread over a big part of the network, making a normal traffic flow impossible. This paper describes the investigations that were performed on the results of our large-scale multi-agent transport simulations in an attempt to contribute to the better understanding of the dynamic processes in such simulations and, hopefully, better understanding and modelling of the real-world. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2008

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  • M. Rieser & K. Nagel, 2008. "Network breakdown “at the edge of chaos” in multi-agent traffic simulations," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 63(3), pages 321-327, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:63:y:2008:i:3:p:321-327
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00153-6
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    1. Thomas W. Nicolai & Kai Nagel, 2014. "High resolution accessibility computations," Chapters, in: Ana Condeço-Melhorado & Aura Reggiani & Javier Gutiérrez (ed.), Accessibility and Spatial Interaction, chapter 4, pages 62-91, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Li, Xue-yan & Li, Xue-mei & Li, Xue-wei & Qiu, He-ting, 2017. "Multi-agent fare optimization model of two modes problem and its analysis based on edge of chaos," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 469(C), pages 405-419.

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