Citation

Neubert L, Santen L, Schadschneider A, Schreckenberg M. Phys. Rev. A 1999; 60(6 Pt A): 6480-6490.

Affiliation

Theoretische Physik/FB 10, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany. neubert@traffic.uni-duisberg.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Physical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11970563

Abstract

In the present paper, single-vehicle data of highway traffic are analyzed in great detail. By using the single-vehicle data directly, empirical time headway distributions and speed-distance relations can be established. Both quantities yield relevant information about the microscopic states. Several fundamental diagrams are also presented, which are based on time-averaged quantities and compared with earlier empirical investigations. In the remaining part, time-series analyses of the averaged as well as the single-vehicle data are carried out. The results will be used in order to propose objective criteria for an identification of the different traffic states, e.g., synchronized traffic.

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