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Main Authors: Kamalifar, Ayda, Cenedese, Carlo, Cucuzzella, Michele, Ferrara, Antonella
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14373
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author Kamalifar, Ayda
Cenedese, Carlo
Cucuzzella, Michele
Ferrara, Antonella
author_facet Kamalifar, Ayda
Cenedese, Carlo
Cucuzzella, Michele
Ferrara, Antonella
contents In this paper, we propose the METANET with service station (METANET-s) model, a second-order macroscopic traffic model that, compared to the classical METANET, incorporates the dynamics of service stations on highways. Specifically, we employ the (so-called) store-and-forward links to model the stop of vehicles and the possible queue forming in the process of merging back into the highway mainstream. We explore the capability of the METANET-s to capture well both traffic back propagation and capacity drops, which are typically caused by the presence of vehicles joining again the mainstream traffic from the service station. Therefore, capturing these effects is crucial to improving the model's predictive capabilities. Finally, we perform a comparative analysis with the Cell Transmission Model with service station (CTM-s), showcasing that the METANET-s describes the traffic evolution much better than its first-order counterpart.
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spellingShingle A new control-oriented METANET model to encompass service stations on highways
Kamalifar, Ayda
Cenedese, Carlo
Cucuzzella, Michele
Ferrara, Antonella
Systems and Control
In this paper, we propose the METANET with service station (METANET-s) model, a second-order macroscopic traffic model that, compared to the classical METANET, incorporates the dynamics of service stations on highways. Specifically, we employ the (so-called) store-and-forward links to model the stop of vehicles and the possible queue forming in the process of merging back into the highway mainstream. We explore the capability of the METANET-s to capture well both traffic back propagation and capacity drops, which are typically caused by the presence of vehicles joining again the mainstream traffic from the service station. Therefore, capturing these effects is crucial to improving the model's predictive capabilities. Finally, we perform a comparative analysis with the Cell Transmission Model with service station (CTM-s), showcasing that the METANET-s describes the traffic evolution much better than its first-order counterpart.
title A new control-oriented METANET model to encompass service stations on highways
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14373