APF-Based Car Following Behavior Considering Lateral Distance

Considering the influence of lateral distance on consecutive vehicles, this paper proposes a new car following model based on the artificial potential field theory (APF). Traditional car following behaviors all assume that the vehicles are driving along the middle of a lane. Different from the tradi...

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Published in:Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2013, Vol.2013 (2013), p.1-8
Main Authors: Zhou, Hu-Xing, Yu, Yao, Yu, De-Xin, Mo, Xiang-Lun, Yang, Zhao-Sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobiles
Automotive engineering
Car following
Computer simulation
Electric fields
Potential energy
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Summary:Considering the influence of lateral distance on consecutive vehicles, this paper proposes a new car following model based on the artificial potential field theory (APF). Traditional car following behaviors all assume that the vehicles are driving along the middle of a lane. Different from the traditional car following principles, this incorporation of APF offers a potential breakthrough in the fields of car following theory. The individual vehicle can be represented as a unit point charge in electric field, and the interaction of the attractive potential energy and the repellent potential energy between vehicles simplifies the various influence factors on the target vehicle in actual following behavior. Consequently, it can make a better analysis of the following behavior under the lateral separation. Then, the proposed model has been demonstrated in simulation environment, through which the space-time trajectories and the potential energy change regulation are obtained. Simulations verify that the following vehicle’s behavior is vulnerable to be affected by lateral distance, where the attractive potential energy tends to become repellent potential energy as the longitudinal distance decreases. The search results prove that the proposed model quantifies the relations between headway and potential energy and better reflects the following process in real-world situation.
ISSN:1687-8132
1687-8140
1687-8132
DOI:10.1155/2013/207104