A cellular automaton model for freeway traffic

Kai Nagel , Michael Schreckenberg

We introduce a stochastic discrete automaton model to freeway traffic. Monte-Carlo simulations of the model show a transition from laminar traffic flow to start-stop-waves with increasing vehicle density, as is observed in real freeway traffic. For special cases analytical results can be obtained.

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Kai Nagel, Michael Schreckenberg. A cellular automaton model for freeway traffic. Journal de Physique I, 1992, 2 (12), pp.2221-2229. ⟨10.1051/jp1:1992277⟩. ⟨jpa-00246697⟩