AUTOMATIC AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM FOR CORRELATIVE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC

A system of automatic control for car traffic is proposed based on the similarity with physical thermodynamical systems and providing effect ive correlations between moving cars in flow. The control force on a c ar is defined through an ''artificial force'' function, depending on t he distance between the adjacent cars but also possessing a nonconserv ative velocity dependence. The latter assures existence of stable equi librium states of the system under control in various traffic situatio ns. A practical realization mode for such correlative control is outli ned. Several simple examples of the system action are considered, demo nstrating its capacities in establishing a secure and fluid mode of tr affic flow.