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Self-Organized Criticality and \(1/f\) Noise in Traffic

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org (Feb 2, 1996), p. n/a
1. Verfasser: Paczuski, Maya
Weitere Verfasser: Nagel, Kai
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Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
Schlagworte:
Traffic congestion
Driving
Mathematical models
Percolation
Pattern analysis
Open systems
Human behavior
Traffic jams
Variations
Computer simulation
Driver behavior
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Abstract:Phantom traffic jams may emerge ``out of nowhere'' from small fluctuations rather than being triggered by large, exceptional events. We show how phantom jams arise in a model of single lane highway traffic, which mimics human driving behavior. Surprisingly, the optimal state of highest efficiency, with the largest throughput, is a critical state with traffic jams of all sizes. We demonstrate that open systems self-organize to the most efficient state. In the model we study, this critical state is a percolation transition for the phantom traffic jams. At criticality, the individual jams have a complicated fractal structure where cars follow an intermittent stop and go pattern. We analytically derive the form of the corresponding power spectrum to be \(1/f^{\alpha}\) with \(\alpha =1\) exactly. This theoretical prediction agrees with our numerical simulations and with observations of \(1/f\) noise in real traffic.
ISSN:2331-8422
Quelle:Engineering Database