TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of Cooperative Lane-Change Behavior on Vehicular Traffic Flow
AU - Backfrieder, Christian
AU - Lindorfer, Manuel
AU - Mecklenbräuker, Christoph F.
AU - Ostermayer, Gerald
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Modeling of driver behavior is an important issue in microscopic vehicular traffic simulations. Especially for lane-change models, cooperative behavior is in some situations inevitable to ensure a smooth traffic flow and avoid abnormally long waiting times for single vehicles. Especially in case of congestion and unconditionally required lane-changes before intersections, at highway exits or road narrows, cooperation between vehicles can significantly improve traffic flow. We analyze the comprehensive model Cooperative Lane-Change and Longitudinal Behavior Model Extension (CLLxt) from literature with regard to its influence to performance indicators of traffic flow such as average travel time and fuel consumption. To conduct the evaluation, the microscopic traffic simulator TraffSim is used. The simulation study includes evaluations for two representative scenarios - one highway exit scenario and an intersection scenario with lanes including turn restrictions. Additionally, effects of a varying traffic density are analyzed. The results reveal significant improvements for all investigated situations due to the application of CLLxt.
AB - Modeling of driver behavior is an important issue in microscopic vehicular traffic simulations. Especially for lane-change models, cooperative behavior is in some situations inevitable to ensure a smooth traffic flow and avoid abnormally long waiting times for single vehicles. Especially in case of congestion and unconditionally required lane-changes before intersections, at highway exits or road narrows, cooperation between vehicles can significantly improve traffic flow. We analyze the comprehensive model Cooperative Lane-Change and Longitudinal Behavior Model Extension (CLLxt) from literature with regard to its influence to performance indicators of traffic flow such as average travel time and fuel consumption. To conduct the evaluation, the microscopic traffic simulator TraffSim is used. The simulation study includes evaluations for two representative scenarios - one highway exit scenario and an intersection scenario with lanes including turn restrictions. Additionally, effects of a varying traffic density are analyzed. The results reveal significant improvements for all investigated situations due to the application of CLLxt.
KW - Cooperative lane-change
KW - Lane-change model
KW - Traffic simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041700822&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-74727-9_55
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-74727-9_55
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041700822
SN - 9783319747262
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 454
EP - 461
BT - Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2017 - 16th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Pichler, Franz
A2 - Moreno-Diaz, Roberto
A2 - Quesada-Arencibia, Alexis
PB - Springer
T2 - 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2017
Y2 - 19 February 2017 through 24 February 2017
ER -