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A time dependent performance model for multihop wireless networks with CBR traffic
In this paper, we develop a performance modeling technique for analyzing the time varying network layer queueing behavior of multihop wireless networks with constant bit rate traffic. Our approach is a hybrid of fluid flow queueing modeling and a time varying connectivity matrix. Network queues are modeled using fluid-flow based differential equation models which are solved using numerical methods, while node mobility is modeled using deterministic or stochastic modeling of adjacency matrix elements. Numerical and simulation experiments show that the new approach can provide reasonably accurate results with significant improvements in the computation time compared to standard simulation tools. © 2010 IEEE
A two-dimensional data-driven model for traffic flow on highways
Based on experimental traffic data obtained from German and US highways, we
propose a novel two-dimensional first-order macroscopic traffic flow model. The
goal is to reproduce a detailed description of traffic dynamics for the real
road geometry. In our approach both the dynamic along the road and across the
lanes is continuous. The closure relations, being necessary to complete the
hydrodynamic equation, are obtained by regression on fundamental diagram data.
Comparison with prediction of one-dimensional models shows the improvement in
performance of the novel model.Comment: 27 page
From individual behaviour to an evaluation of the collective evolution of crowds along footbridges
This paper proposes a crowd dynamic macroscopic model grounded on microscopic
phenomenological observations which are upscaled by means of a formal
mathematical procedure. The actual applicability of the model to real world
problems is tested by considering the pedestrian traffic along footbridges, of
interest for Structural and Transportation Engineering. The genuinely
macroscopic quantitative description of the crowd flow directly matches the
engineering need of bulk results. However, three issues beyond the sole
modelling are of primary importance: the pedestrian inflow conditions, the
numerical approximation of the equations for non trivial footbridge geometries,
and the calibration of the free parameters of the model on the basis of in situ
measurements currently available. These issues are discussed and a solution
strategy is proposed.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figures in J. Engrg. Math., 201
Derivation and Empirical Validation of a Refined Traffic Flow Model
The gas-kinetic foundation of fluid-dynamic traffic equations suggested in
previous papers [Physica A 219, 375 and 391 (1995)] is further refined by
applying the theory of dense gases and granular materials to the Boltzmann-like
traffic model by Paveri-Fontana. It is shown that, despite the
phenomenologically similar behavior of ordinary and granular fluids, the
relations for these cannot directly be transferred to vehicular traffic. The
dissipative and anisotropic interactions of vehicles as well as their
velocity-dependent space requirements lead to a considerably different
structure of the macroscopic traffic equations, also in comparison with the
previously suggested traffic flow models. As a consequence, the instability
mechanisms of emergent density waves are different. Crucial assumptions are
validated by empirical traffic data and essential results are illustrated by
figures.Comment: For related work see
http://www.theo2.physik.uni-stuttgart.de/helbing.htm
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