Modeling the Proactive Driving Behavior of Connected Vehicles: A Cell‐Based Simulation Approach

With the communication characteristics, connected vehicles are able to pro-actively change speed to adapt to the prevailing traffic condition. Even in the mixed connected vehicle environment, connected vehicles may function as leading vehicles, hence influencing the driving pattern of following non-connected vehicles. This paper proposes a cell-based simulation approach to model the proactive driving behavior of connected vehicles. Firstly, a state variable of connected vehicles is introduced to track the trajectory of connected vehicles. Then the exit flow of cells containing connected vehicles is adjusted to simulate the proactive driving behavior, such that the traffic light is green when the connected vehicle arrives at the signalized intersection. The second part of the paper conducts two numerical tests to examine the effect of the proactive driving behavior of connected vehicles. The extensive test results clearly and consistently show that the presence of connected vehicles contributes significantly to the smoothing of traffic flow in the network.

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