Vehicular Traffic: A System of Interacting Particles Driven Far From Equilibrium

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dc.creatorChowdhury, Debashish
dc.creatorSanten, Ludger
dc.creatorSchadschneider, Andreas
dc.date1999-10-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T23:51:59Z
dc.descriptionIn recent years statistical physicists have developed {\it discrete} "particle-hopping" models of vehicular traffic, usually formulated in terms of {\it cellular automata}, which are similar to the microscopic models of interacting charged particles in the presence of an external electric field. Concepts and techniques of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics are being used to understand the nature of the steady states and fluctuations in these so-called "microscopic" models. In this brief review we explain, primarily to the nonexperts, these models and the physical implications of the results.
dc.descriptionREVTEX, 9 eps figures included; a review, for non-specialists, which has appeared in the Special Section on "Non-equilibrium Statistical Systems" (guest editor: Mustansir Barma) in Current Science (Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9910173
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9910173
dc.identifierCurrent Science 77 (1999) 411-419
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/102117
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleVehicular Traffic: A System of Interacting Particles Driven Far From Equilibrium
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