Techniques for identifying the occurrence of stop-and-go waves in traffic: a literature review
Stop-&-go (S&G) waves usually occur in congested traffic and are characterised by cyclic patterns of deceleration followed by acceleration. Due to its frequent and annoying nature, drivers tend to avoid travelling on routes with more occurrences of stop-&-go waves. Existing transportation models need to be modified to incorporate the impact of S&G waves on route choice. This raises the question about how to quantify the number of S&Gs waves experienced by vehicles. The question has been extensively studied in two independent fields, namely traffic engineering and control theory. This paper aims to conduct a review of S&G quantification techniques in both fields of study and propose a unifying approach. The study proposes to determine the surrogate measures around the locations of vehicles undergoing S&G using signal processing techniques. The integrated approach would help in understanding the complex and latent nature of S&G waves by expressing its formation in terms of kinematic measures.
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Authors:
- Saxena, Neeraj
- Dixit, V V
- Waller, S T
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- Publication Date: 2016-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 14p
- Monograph Title: 38th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2016), Melbourne, 16th - 18th November 2016
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Autonomous intelligent cruise control; Highway traffic control; Mathematical models; Route choice; Stopping; Surveillance; Traffic flow
- Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic fluctuation
- ATRI Terms: Adaptive cruise control (ACC); Modelling; Route choice; Stops; Traffic fluctuation; Traffic management; Vehicle monitoring
- ITRD Terms: 692: Fluctuation (traffic)
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01627458
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 27 2017 10:11AM