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June  2014, 7(3): 579-591. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2014.7.579

A justification of a LWR model based on a follow the leader description

Elena Rossi 1,

1. 

Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi, 53, 20125 Milano, Italy

Received  May 2013 Revised  July 2013 Published  January 2014

We investigate the correlations between a macroscopic Lighthill--Whitham and Richards model and a microscopic follow-the-leader model for traffic flow. We prove that the microscopic model tends to the macroscopic one in a sort of kinetic limit, i.e. as the number of individuals tends to infinity, keeping the total mass fixed. Based on this convergence result, we approximately compute the solutions to a conservation law by means of the integration of an ordinary differential system. From the numerical point of view, the limiting procedure is then extended to the case of several populations, referring to the macroscopic model in [2] and to the natural multi--population analogue of the microscopic one.
Keywords: Macroscopic traffic models, microscopic to macoscopic limit., microscopic traffic models, conservation laws, follow the leader model.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35L65; Secondary: 90B2.
Citation: Elena Rossi. A justification of a LWR model based on a follow the leader description. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2014, 7 (3) : 579-591. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2014.7.579
References:
[1]

B. Argall, E. Cheleshkin, J. M. Greenberg, C. Hinde and P.-J. Lin, A rigorous treatment of a follow-the-leader traffic model with traffic lights present,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 63 (2002), 149.  doi: 10.1137/S0036139901391215.  Google Scholar

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S. Benzoni-Gavage and R. M. Colombo, An $n$-populations model for traffic flow,, European J. Appl. Math., 14 (2003), 587.  doi: 10.1017/S0956792503005266.  Google Scholar

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A. Bressan, Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws,, Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and its Applications, (2000).   Google Scholar

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R. M. Colombo and A. Marson, A Hölder continuous ODE related to traffic flow,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A, 133 (2003), 759.  doi: 10.1017/S0308210500002663.  Google Scholar

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R. M. Colombo, F. Marcellini and M. Rascle, A 2-phase traffic model based on a speed bound,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 70 (2010), 2652.  doi: 10.1137/090752468.  Google Scholar

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R. M. Colombo and E. Rossi, On the micro-macro limit in traffic flow,, to appear in Rend. Semin. Mat. Univ. Padova., ().   Google Scholar

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G. Costeseque, Analyse et Modelisation du Trafic Routier: Passage du Microscopique au Macroscopique,, Master's Thesis, (2011).   Google Scholar

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S. N. Kružkov, First order quasilinear equations with several independent variables,, Mat. Sb. (N.S.), 81 (1970), 228.   Google Scholar

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R. J. LeVeque, Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic Problems,, Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics, (2002).  doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511791253.  Google Scholar

[10]

M. J. Lighthill and G. B. Whitham, On kinematic waves. II. A theory of traffic flow on long crowded roads,, Proc. Roy. Soc. London. Ser. A., 229 (1955), 317.  doi: 10.1098/rspa.1955.0089.  Google Scholar

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K. Radhakrishnan and A. C. Hindmarsh, Description and Use of LSODE, the Livermore Solver for Ordinary Differential Equations,, LLNL report UCRL-ID-113855, (1993).  doi: 10.2172/15013302.  Google Scholar

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P. I. Richards, Shock waves on the highway,, Operations Res., 4 (1956), 42.  doi: 10.1287/opre.4.1.42.  Google Scholar

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E. Rossi, On the Micro-Macro Limit in Traffic Flow,, Master's thesis, (2012).   Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

B. Argall, E. Cheleshkin, J. M. Greenberg, C. Hinde and P.-J. Lin, A rigorous treatment of a follow-the-leader traffic model with traffic lights present,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 63 (2002), 149.  doi: 10.1137/S0036139901391215.  Google Scholar

[2]

S. Benzoni-Gavage and R. M. Colombo, An $n$-populations model for traffic flow,, European J. Appl. Math., 14 (2003), 587.  doi: 10.1017/S0956792503005266.  Google Scholar

[3]

A. Bressan, Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws,, Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and its Applications, (2000).   Google Scholar

[4]

R. M. Colombo and A. Marson, A Hölder continuous ODE related to traffic flow,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A, 133 (2003), 759.  doi: 10.1017/S0308210500002663.  Google Scholar

[5]

R. M. Colombo, F. Marcellini and M. Rascle, A 2-phase traffic model based on a speed bound,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 70 (2010), 2652.  doi: 10.1137/090752468.  Google Scholar

[6]

R. M. Colombo and E. Rossi, On the micro-macro limit in traffic flow,, to appear in Rend. Semin. Mat. Univ. Padova., ().   Google Scholar

[7]

G. Costeseque, Analyse et Modelisation du Trafic Routier: Passage du Microscopique au Macroscopique,, Master's Thesis, (2011).   Google Scholar

[8]

S. N. Kružkov, First order quasilinear equations with several independent variables,, Mat. Sb. (N.S.), 81 (1970), 228.   Google Scholar

[9]

R. J. LeVeque, Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic Problems,, Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics, (2002).  doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511791253.  Google Scholar

[10]

M. J. Lighthill and G. B. Whitham, On kinematic waves. II. A theory of traffic flow on long crowded roads,, Proc. Roy. Soc. London. Ser. A., 229 (1955), 317.  doi: 10.1098/rspa.1955.0089.  Google Scholar

[11]

K. Radhakrishnan and A. C. Hindmarsh, Description and Use of LSODE, the Livermore Solver for Ordinary Differential Equations,, LLNL report UCRL-ID-113855, (1993).  doi: 10.2172/15013302.  Google Scholar

[12]

P. I. Richards, Shock waves on the highway,, Operations Res., 4 (1956), 42.  doi: 10.1287/opre.4.1.42.  Google Scholar

[13]

E. Rossi, On the Micro-Macro Limit in Traffic Flow,, Master's thesis, (2012).   Google Scholar

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