{
  "id": "cond-mat/0404710",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2004-04-29T14:57:36.000Z",
  "updated": "2004-04-29T14:57:36.000Z",
  "title": "An empirical test for cellular automaton models of traffic flow",
  "authors": [
    "Wolfgang Knospe",
    "Ludger Santen",
    "Andreas Schadschneider",
    "Michael Schreckenberg"
  ],
  "comment": "28 pages, 36 figures, accepted for publication in PRE",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.70.016115",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "Based on a detailed microscopic test scenario motivated by recent empirical studies of single-vehicle data, several cellular automaton models for traffic flow are compared. We find three levels of agreement with the empirical data: 1) models that do not reproduce even qualitatively the most important empirical observations, 2) models that are on a macroscopic level in reasonable agreement with the empirics, and 3) models that reproduce the empirical data on a microscopic level as well. Our results are not only relevant for applications, but also shed new light on the relevant interactions in traffic flow.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2004-04-29T14:57:36.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "cellular automaton models",
      "traffic flow",
      "empirical test",
      "empirical data",
      "detailed microscopic test scenario"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. E"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 28,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}