Modeling and numerical simulations of multilane vehicular traffic by active particles methods

Abstract

This paper deals with the modeling and numerical simulations of multilane vehicular traffic according to the kinetic theory of active particles methods. The main idea of this theory is to consider each driver–vehicle system as a micro-system, where the microscopic state of particles is described by position, velocity, and activity which is an appropriate variable for modeling the quality of the driver-vehicle. The interactions between micro-systems are modeled by stochastic game theory. This leads to the derivation of a mathematical model within the framework of the approach of kinetic theory. The well-posedness of the related Cauchy problem for the spatially homogeneous case is established. Numerical simulations are carried out to show the ability of the proposed model to reproduce the empirical data such as the asymptotic property in time and the emerging behavior of clusters with a particular focus on the road environment conditions.