A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks
Bottlenecks reduce both traffic safety and efficiency, resulting in congestion and collisions. The introduction of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) has had a significant impact on road networks and can improve traffic efficiency at bottlenecks. This paper proposes a microscopic traffic model to...
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| description | Bottlenecks reduce both traffic safety and efficiency, resulting in congestion and collisions. The introduction of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) has had a significant impact on road networks and can improve traffic efficiency at bottlenecks. This paper proposes a microscopic traffic model to investigate CAV behavior at bottlenecks and examine the effect of cyberattacks. The model is developed using data collected from a roadside sensor node. It is implemented in MATLAB using the Euler scheme to simulate a platoon of vehicles on a circular road of length <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> km. The performance is compared with the intelligent driver (ID) model. The results obtained indicate that the road capacity with the proposed model is <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.4</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> times higher than with the ID model. Further, the proposed model results in nearly constant speeds with small variations, which is realistic. Conversely, the ID model produces large speed variations that are unrealistic. In addition, the proposed model results in less acceleration and deceleration, which leads to lower vehicle emissions and pollution. The efficiency is better than with the ID model due to CAV communication and coordination, so queues dissipate faster. The traffic flow with the proposed model increases as the density decreases, which is consistent with traffic dynamics. It is also shown that the proposed model can characterize CAV behavior under cyberattacks that cause disruptions in the data. Thus, it can be employed for traffic control and forecasting when bottleneck conditions exist and there is malicious behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6c76f22fe93b4c209d7aa3fe6fe7d8fd2025-08-20T02:48:09ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-01153121410.3390/app15031214A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of CyberattacksFaryal Ali0Zawar Hussain Khan1Thomas Aaron Gulliver2Khurram Shehzad Khattak3Ahmed B. Altamimi4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, CanadaCollege of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ha’il, Ha’il 55476, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, CanadaDepartment of Computer System Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar 25000, PakistanCollege of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ha’il, Ha’il 55476, Saudi ArabiaBottlenecks reduce both traffic safety and efficiency, resulting in congestion and collisions. The introduction of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) has had a significant impact on road networks and can improve traffic efficiency at bottlenecks. This paper proposes a microscopic traffic model to investigate CAV behavior at bottlenecks and examine the effect of cyberattacks. The model is developed using data collected from a roadside sensor node. It is implemented in MATLAB using the Euler scheme to simulate a platoon of vehicles on a circular road of length <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> km. The performance is compared with the intelligent driver (ID) model. The results obtained indicate that the road capacity with the proposed model is <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.4</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> times higher than with the ID model. Further, the proposed model results in nearly constant speeds with small variations, which is realistic. Conversely, the ID model produces large speed variations that are unrealistic. In addition, the proposed model results in less acceleration and deceleration, which leads to lower vehicle emissions and pollution. The efficiency is better than with the ID model due to CAV communication and coordination, so queues dissipate faster. The traffic flow with the proposed model increases as the density decreases, which is consistent with traffic dynamics. It is also shown that the proposed model can characterize CAV behavior under cyberattacks that cause disruptions in the data. Thus, it can be employed for traffic control and forecasting when bottleneck conditions exist and there is malicious behavior.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/3/1214bottleneckconnected autonomous vehicle (CAV)traffic flowcyberattackintelligent driver modelmicroscopic traffic model |
| spellingShingle | Faryal Ali Zawar Hussain Khan Thomas Aaron Gulliver Khurram Shehzad Khattak Ahmed B. Altamimi A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks Applied Sciences bottleneck connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) traffic flow cyberattack intelligent driver model microscopic traffic model |
| title | A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks |
| title_full | A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks |
| title_fullStr | A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks |
| title_short | A Microscopic Traffic Model to Investigate the Effect of Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Bottlenecks and the Impact of Cyberattacks |
| title_sort | microscopic traffic model to investigate the effect of connected autonomous vehicles at bottlenecks and the impact of cyberattacks |
| topic | bottleneck connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) traffic flow cyberattack intelligent driver model microscopic traffic model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/3/1214 |
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