When Does Chaos Appear While Driving? Learning Dynamical Systems Via Car-Following Models

[EN] We analyze the dynamics of a system of several cars in a traffic lane, each car following the ones in front of it. The effect of small perturbations in the speed of a certain car is propagated to the cars behind it in the lane. Nevertheless, these perturbations tend to dissipate along the lane....

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Autores: Conejero, J. Alberto|||0000-0003-3681-7533, Murillo Arcila, Marina, Seoane, Jesús M., Seoane-Sepúlveda, Juan B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/199368
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/199368
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MATEMATICA APLICADA
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Sumario:[EN] We analyze the dynamics of a system of several cars in a traffic lane, each car following the ones in front of it. The effect of small perturbations in the speed of a certain car is propagated to the cars behind it in the lane. Nevertheless, these perturbations tend to dissipate along the lane. The results can be used as an activity for undergraduate students to improve their knowledge of dynamical systems, modeling, and the physical interpretation of mathematical models.