A simple car-following model that includes the reflex time of drivers is analyzed by numerical continuation techniques for the case of five cars on a ring. A two-dimensional bifurcation diagram is computed that summarizes the dynamics of steady states, oscillating solutions, collisions, and stopping as a function of model parameters. Further, a mechanism is proposed by which different spatial patterns may appear.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Unpublished - 2004 |
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Additional information: Later published in the proceedings of the 5th IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems
- vehicle dynamics
- bistability
- nonlinear analysis