On pattern formation in a class of traffic models

  • ID: 2511, RIV: 10028561
  • ISSN: 0167-2789, ISBN: not specified
  • source: Physica. D. Nonlinear Phenomena
  • keywords: pattern; formation; class; traffic; models
  • authors: Vladimír Janovský, Lubor Buřič
  • authors from KNM: Janovský Vladimír

Abstract

A simple microscopic follow-the-leader model of N identical cars on a circular road is considered. The model is extended in the sence that it allows an overtaking. The objective is to study a long time behavior of the new model.