@article{ref1,
title="A parsimonious model for the formation of oscillations in car-following models",
journal="Transportation research part B: methodological",
year="2014",
author="Laval, Jorge A. and Toth, Christopher S. and Zhou, Yi",
volume="70",
number="",
pages="228-238",
abstract="This paper shows that the formation and propagation of traffic oscillations in the absence of lane changes can be explained by the stochastic nature of drivers' acceleration processes. By adding a white noise to drivers' desired acceleration in free-flow, oscillations are produced that accord well with observation. This theory suggests that driver error is a function of roadway geometry, that it determines the average speed at the bottleneck, as well as oscillation period and amplitude. The model has been implemented with a single additional parameter compared to the kinematic wave model with bounded accelerations.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0191-2615",
doi="10.1016/j.trb.2014.09.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2014.09.004"
}