Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
975499 Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 2007 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

We propose a simple cellular automaton model to study the traffic dynamics in a roundabout. Both numerical and analytical results are presented. We are able to obtain exact solutions in the full parameter space. Exact phase diagrams are derived. When the traffic from two directions mixed, there are only five distinct phases. Some of the combinations from naive intuition are strictly forbidden. We also compare the results to a signaled intersection.

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