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# An easy-to-use algorithm for simulating traffic flow on networks: Numerical experiments

• In this paper we propose a Godunov-based discretization of a hyperbolic system of conservation laws with discontinuous flux, modeling vehicular flow on a network. Each equation describes the density evolution of vehicles having a common path along the network. We show that the algorithm selects automatically an admissible solution at junctions, hence ad hoc external procedures (e.g., maximization of the flux via a linear programming method) usually employed in classical approaches are no needed. Since users have not to deal explicitly with vehicle dynamics at junction, the numerical code can be implemented in minutes. We perform a detailed numerical comparison with a Godunov-based scheme coming from the classical theory of traffic flow on networks which maximizes the flux at junctions.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 65M08; Secondary: 90B20.

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