Abstract
Accurately modeling the realistic and unstable traffic dynamics of human-driven traffic flow is crucial to being able to to understand how traffic dynamics evolve, and how new agents such as autonomous vehicles might influence traffic flow stability. This work is motivated by a recent dataset that allows us to calibrate accurate models, specifically in conditions when traffic waves arise. Three microscopic carfollowing models are calibrated using a microscopic vehicle trajectory dataset that is collected with the intent of capturing oscillatory driving conditions. For each model, five traffic flow metrics are constructed to compare the flow-level characteristics of the simulated traffic with experimental data. The results show that the optimal velocity-follow the leader (OV-FTL) model and the optimal velocity relative velocity model (OVRV) model are both able to reproduce the traffic flow oscillations, while the intelligent driver model (IDM) model requires substantially more noise in each driver's speed profile to exhibit the same waves.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems, FISTS 2020 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 101-106 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728195032 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 3 2020 |
Event | 2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems, FISTS 2020 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: Nov 3 2020 → Nov 5 2020 |
Publication series
Name | 2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems, FISTS 2020 |
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Conference
Conference | 2020 Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems, FISTS 2020 |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Delft |
Period | 11/3/20 → 11/5/20 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is supported by the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies Faculty Fellows Program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
Keywords
- Big Data and Naturalistic Datasets
- Control and Simulation; Big Data and Naturalistic Datasets
- Modeling
- Modeling, Control and Simulation