Literature review of research progress on car following model

Abstract

In the past several decades, the car-following model has attracted many experts and scholars from the fields of traffic engineering, computational physics, psychology and so on, these experts and scholars have carried on the thorough research and the exploration to it, causes the model analysis essential factor from simple to rich, from simple to complex. With the continuous improvement of the model, the improved car-following model is more and more in line with the actual traffic conditions. With the development of traffic technology, driver’s car-following behavior will change greatly, which is realized by developing and establishing ITS, driver information guidance system and vehicle automatic intelligent cruise system. Therefore, a lot of car-following models for specific problems have emerged, which is of great practical significance to the further study of car-following theory. In this paper, the research background and significance of car-following model are deeply discussed, the current research status and conclusions are comprehensively analyzed, and the future research direction in this field is prospected.