In this paper we consider a Boltzmann-type kinetic description of Follow-the-Leader traffic dynamics and we study the resulting asymptotic distributions, namely the counterpart of the Maxwellian distribution of the classical kinetic theory. In the Boltzmann-type equation we include a non-constant collision kernel, in the form of a cutoff, in order to exclude from the statistical model possibly unphysical interactions. In spite of the increased analytical difficulty caused by this further non-linearity, we show that a careful application of the quasi-invariant limit (an asymptotic procedure reminiscent of the grazing collision limit) successfully leads to a Fokker-Planck approximation of the original Boltzmann-type equation, whence stationary distributions can be explicitly computed. Our analytical results justify, from a genuinely model-based point of view, some empirical results found in the literature by interpolation of experimental data.

Boltzmann-type description with cutoff of Follow-the-Leader traffic models / Tosin, Andrea; Zanella, Mattia (SEMA SIMAI SPRINGER SERIES). - In: Trails in Kinetic Theory: Foundational Aspects and Numerical MethodsSTAMPA. - [s.l] : Springer, 2021. - ISBN 978-3-030-67103-7. - pp. 227-251 [10.1007/978-3-030-67104-4_8]

Boltzmann-type description with cutoff of Follow-the-Leader traffic models

Tosin, Andrea;
2021

Abstract

In this paper we consider a Boltzmann-type kinetic description of Follow-the-Leader traffic dynamics and we study the resulting asymptotic distributions, namely the counterpart of the Maxwellian distribution of the classical kinetic theory. In the Boltzmann-type equation we include a non-constant collision kernel, in the form of a cutoff, in order to exclude from the statistical model possibly unphysical interactions. In spite of the increased analytical difficulty caused by this further non-linearity, we show that a careful application of the quasi-invariant limit (an asymptotic procedure reminiscent of the grazing collision limit) successfully leads to a Fokker-Planck approximation of the original Boltzmann-type equation, whence stationary distributions can be explicitly computed. Our analytical results justify, from a genuinely model-based point of view, some empirical results found in the literature by interpolation of experimental data.
2021
978-3-030-67103-7
Trails in Kinetic Theory: Foundational Aspects and Numerical Methods
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