Life-Times of Simulated Traffic Jams
arXiv:cond-mat/9310018 · doi:10.1142/S012918319400074X
Abstract
We study a model for freeway traffic which includes strong noise taking into account the fluctuations of individual driving behavior. The model shows emergent traffic jams with a self-similar appearance near the throughput maximum of the traffic. The lifetime distribution of these jams shows a short scaling regime, which gets considerably longer if one reduces the fluctuations for driving at maximum speed but leaves the fluctuations for slowing down or accelerating unchanged. The outflow from a traffic jam self-organizes into this state of maximum throughput.
latex, figs. available upon request, WP-Cologne 93.141