TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Physics of automated driving in framework of three-phase traffic theory
JO  - Physical review. E
A1  - Kerner, Boris S.
SP  - e042303
EP  - e042303
VL  - 97
IS  - 4-1
N2  - We have revealed physical features of automated driving in the framework of the three-phase traffic theory for which there is no fixed time headway to the preceding vehicle. A comparison with the classical model approach to automated driving for which an automated driving vehicle tries to reach a fixed (desired or "optimal") time headway to the preceding vehicle has been made. It turns out that automated driving in the framework of the three-phase traffic theory can exhibit the following advantages in comparison with the classical model of automated driving: (i) The absence of string instability. (ii) Considerably smaller speed disturbances at road bottlenecks. (iii) Automated driving vehicles based on the three-phase theory can decrease the probability of traffic breakdown at the bottleneck in mixed traffic flow consisting of human driving and automated driving vehicles; on the contrary, even a single automated driving vehicle based on the classical approach can provoke traffic breakdown at the bottleneck in mixed traffic flow.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2470-0045
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.042303
ID  - ref1
ER  -