{
  "id": "cond-mat/0001196",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2000-01-13T18:40:43.000Z",
  "updated": "2000-01-13T18:40:43.000Z",
  "title": "Effect of on- and off-ramps in cellular automata models for traffic flow",
  "authors": [
    "G. Diedrich",
    "L. Santen",
    "A. Schadschneider",
    "J. Zittartz"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. C",
  "doi": "10.1142/S0129183100000316",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present results on the modeling of on- and off-ramps in cellular automata for traffic flow, especially the Nagel-Schreckenberg model. We study two different types of on-ramps that cause qualitatively the same effects. In a certain density regime one observes plateau formation in the fundamental diagram. The plateau value depends on the input-rate of cars at the on-ramp. The on-ramp acts as a local perturbation that separates the system into two regimes: A regime of free flow and another one where only jammed states exist. This phase separation is the reason for the plateau formation and implies a behaviour analogous to that of stationary defects. This analogy allows to perform very fast simulations of complex traffic networks with a large number of on- and off-ramps because one can parametrise on-ramps in an exceedingly easy way.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2000-01-13T18:40:43.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "cellular automata models",
      "traffic flow",
      "plateau formation",
      "plateau value depends",
      "complex traffic networks"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}