Inefficient emergent oscillations in intersecting driven many-particle flows

Details Inefficient emergent oscillations in intersecting driven many-particle flows Inefficient emergent oscillations in intersecting driven many-particle flows

2005-01-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501595v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

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Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physa.2005.12.041

Oscillatory flow patterns have been observed in many different driven many-particle systems. The conventional assumption is that the reason for emergent oscillations in opposing flows is an increased efficiency (throughput). In this contribution, however, we will study intersecting pedestrian and vehicle flows as an example for inefficient emergent oscillations. In the coupled vehicle-pedestrian delay problem, oscillating pedestrian and vehicle flows form when pedestrians cross the street with a small time gap to approaching cars, while both pedestrians and vehicles benefit, when they keep some overcritical time gap. That is, when the safety time gap of pedestrians is increased, the average delay time of pedestrians decreases and the vehicle flow goes up. This may be interpreted as a slower-is-faster effect. The underlying mechanism of this effect is explained in detail.

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