a Signal Light Model and its Stability Analysis

Based on the effects that signal light has on car-following behavior, this paper developed a new signal light model. Numerical tests show that our model can reproduce the cluster, the dissipation and the propagation of the stopping waves and starting waves resulted by signal light. Finally, linear stability analysis and simulation show that our model is always stable.

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