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Stability and Equilibrium Analysis of Laneless Traffic with Local Control Laws
In this paper, a new model for traffic on roads with multiple lanes is
developed, where the vehicles do not adhere to a lane discipline. Assuming
identical vehicles, the dynamics is split along two independent directions: the
Y-axis representing the direction of motion and the X-axis representing the
lateral or the direction perpendicular to the direction of motion. Different
influence graphs are used to model the interaction between the vehicles in
these two directions. The instantaneous accelerations of each car, in both X
and Y directions, are functions of the measurements from the neighbouring cars
according to these influence graphs. The stability and equilibrium spacings of
the car formation is analyzed for usual traffic situations such as steady flow,
obstacles, lane changing and rogue drivers arbitrarily changing positions
inside the formation. Conditions are derived under which the formation
maintains stability and the desired intercar spacing for each of these traffic
events. Simulations for some of these scenarios are included.Comment: 8 page