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A model for the structure of lane-changing decisions
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A structure is proposed to connect the decisions which a driver has to make before changing lanes to ensure that the vehicles in traffic simulations behave logically when confronted with situations commonly encountered in real traffic.Abstract:
A structure is proposed to connect the decisions which a driver has to make before changing lanes. The model is intended to cover the urban driving situation, where traffic signals, obstructions and heavy vehicles all exert an influence. The structure is designed to ensure that the vehicles in traffic simulations behave logically when confronted with situations commonly encountered in real traffic. The specific mathematical expression of the questions embedded in the decision process and employed in the present implementation of the model are not critical and can be replaced by alternatives, but the heirarchy of the decisions is crucial. On the basis of experience to date, the lane changing model produces a realistic simulation of driver behaviour and has proved very robust under a wide range of conditions.read more
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A Game-Theoretic Model for Aggregate Lane Choice Behavior of Highway Mainline Vehicles at the Vicinity of On-ramps.
TL;DR: It is concluded that the social traffic conditions will be improved if mainline vehicles are encouraged to steer to an adjacent lane further from the on-ramp and give away more space to on- ramp vehicles.
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Core Models for State-of-the-Art Microscopic Traffic Simulation and Kay Elements for Applications
TL;DR: This chapter summarizes fundamental models for microscopic simulation and other critical models (such as lane- choice model, lane-changing model, and route-choice model), and techniques for collecting vehicle trajectory data, critical elements used for model calibration and validation, are introduced.
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On the Virtues of the Shame Lane
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Safe and Efficient Intersection Control of Connected and Autonomous Intersection Traffic.
TL;DR: This dissertation addressed the problem of evacuating emergency vehicles as quickly as possible through autonomous and connected intersection traffic in this dissertation and proposed the proposed intersection control algorithm Reactive DICA which aims to determine an efficient vehicle-passing sequence which allows the emergency vehicle to cross an intersection while the travel times of other vehicles are minimally affected.
Analysis of Driver Merging Behavior at Lane Drops on Freeways
Praveen Edara,Yi Hou,Carlos Sun +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a lane change assistance system was developed using a Bayes classifier and a decision tree to model lane changes, and the best results were obtained when both the Bayes and decision tree classifiers were combined into a single classifier using a majority voting principle.
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