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Automotive Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 1309-1319.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2023.08.002

Special Issue: 智能网联汽车技术专题-控制2023年

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Car-Following Model for Connected Vehicles Based on Multiple Vehicles with State Change Features

Xin Shi(),Jian Zhu,Xiangmo Zhao,Fei Hui,Junyan Ma   

  1. School of Information Engineering,Chang’an University,Xi’an 710064
  • Received:2023-03-19 Revised:2023-05-09 Online:2023-08-25 Published:2023-08-17
  • Contact: Xin Shi E-mail:alu_steven@qq.com

Abstract:

For the unstable problem of traffic flow caused by the unidirectional and bidirectional abrupt change of speed of the preceding vehicle, a car following model for connected vehicles based on Multiple Vehicles with State Change Features (MVSCF) is proposed. Firstly, the acceleration difference change characteristics of multiple preceding vehicles and the optimized estimation of speed expectation are introduced in to improve the model of Multiple Vehicles Changes with Memory (MVCM). Secondly, the critical stability conditions of MVSCF model are obtained by utilizing the micro perturbation method and the reductive perturbation method, respectively. Meanwhile, for the multiple preceding vehicles, the acceleration difference coefficient k, the preceding vehicle quantity q and the optimal speed weight ε are deduced in the circular road scenario, respectively. Finally, the traffic flow stability effect of the MVSCF model is simulated and analyzed in the straight road scenario under the influence of non-stationary change of the preceding vehicle speed. The simulation results show that when the speed of the preceding vehicle is influenced by either unidirectional or bidirectional abrupt change, the MVSCF model can better absorb the disturbance from the preceding vehicle, with the peak-to-valley difference of speed change and the fluctuation amplitude of acceleration reduced, which is conducive to improving the stability of traffic flow.

Key words: connected vehicles, car-following model, optimal speed, the micro perturbation method, the reductive perturbation method