Phase Transitions In Two-Dimensional Traffic Flow Models

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19 May 1993

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.patt-sol/9305008

Abstract

We introduce two simple two-dimensional lattice models to study traffic flow in cities. We have found that a few basic elements give rise to the characteristic phase diagram of a first-order phase transition from a freely moving phase to a jammed state, with a critical point. The jammed phase presents new transitions corresponding to structural transformations of the jam. We discuss their relevance in the infinite size limit.

Keywords

STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS
DIMENSIONAL TRAFFIC
PHASE TRANSITION
CRITICAL POINT
JAMMED PHASE
TRAFFIC FLOW
TRANSITIONS
TWO SIMPLE

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