TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - A new overtaking model and numerical tests
JO  - Physica A: statistical mechanics and its applications
A1  - Tang, T.Q.
A1  - Huang, Hai-Jun
A1  - Wong, Stephen C. P.
A1  - Xu, X.Y.
SP  - 649
EP  - 657
VL  - 376
IS  - 1
N2  - A new model for overtaking on highway is proposed. The model considers such important factors as the reactive delay time for vehicle acceleration, deceleration, and lane-changing, the safe distance for car-following and the distance for overtaking. The time required for overtaking, the time loss in overtaking procedure and the space-time evolution of vehicle movement are numerically investigated using the model and compared with the results from a survey. Numerical results show that our model can generate the traffic in accord with the observed one. The overtaking in a two-lane bidirectional traffic flow is also analyzed.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0378-4371
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.10.044
ID  - ref1
ER  -