Simulation of single-lane traffic flow of self-driving cars based on the theory of following the leader

Abstract

The features of modeling the movement of unmanned vehicles are investigated and approaches to modeling the flow of unmanned vehicles are being developed, taking into account promising solutions based on setting algorithms for vehicle behavior to ensure the target indicators of the transport process. Factors that take into account the features of unmanned vehicles modeling are proposed: priority for certain categories of vehicles, creation of separate parking lots, dynamic transfer from one route vehicle to another on the move, dynamic charging or refueling, dynamic cargo overload, multi-tiered vehicles, multi-link auto-driving without physical connection of individual links, high-speed movement of vehicles in conditions of high flow density. Also, using a specific example of the development of a macromodel of unmanned vehicles movement in conditions of high flow density, the features of it modeling movement are shown, consisting in the initial task of algorithms for the behavior of an autonomous vehicle, on the basis of which a model of traffic flow is already being built in the future.