TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Modeling vehicle flocking in lane-free automated traffic
JO  - Transportation research record
A1  - Rostami-Shahrbabaki, Majid
A1  - Weikl, Simone
A1  - Niels, Tanja
A1  - Bogenberger, Klaus
SP  - 499
EP  - 512
VL  - 2677
IS  - 9
N2  - In automated lane-free traffic, vehicles can choose any arbitrary lateral location. This enables vehicle flocking where, compared to platooning, the grouping of vehicles is possible with smaller space gaps, not only longitudinally but also laterally. Vehicle flocking can fulfill several purposes, such as increasing the road capacity, saving energy by reducing the aerodynamic drag force, and dampening shockwaves. Within this paper, we develop a control framework for modeling vehicle flocks in automated lane-free traffic. The proposed control algorithm considers two types of agents:
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-1981
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03611981231159405
ID  - ref1
ER  -