Cellular automaton model for railway traffic

Based on the deterministic NaSch model, we propose a new cellular automation (CA) model to simulate the railway traffic. Using the proposed CA model, we analyze the space-time diagram of traffic flow and the trajectory of train movement, etc. Our aim is to investigate the characteristic behavior of railway traffic flow. A number of simulation results demonstrate that the proposed model can be successfully used for the simulation of railway traffic. Some complex phenomena can be reproduced, such as the go-and-stop wave and the complex behavior of train movement. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.