From generalized kinetic theory to discrete velocity modeling of vehicular traffic. A stochastic game approach

This work reports on vehicular traffic modeling by methods of the discrete kinetic theory. The purpose is to detail a reference mathematical framework for some discrete velocity kinetic models recently introduced in the literature, which proved capable of reproducing interesting traffic phenomena without using experimental information as modeling assumptions. To this end, we firstly derive a general discrete velocity kinetic framework with binary nonlocal interactions. Then, resorting to some ideas of stochastic game theory, we outline specific modeling guidelines for vehicular traffic, and finally we discuss the derivation of the above-mentioned vehicular traffic models from these mathematical structures. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.