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    "abstract": "Cooperation in merging is introduced by adding interactions between pairs of\nvehicles in opposite lanes. Simulations with an improved version of the\nmodified optimal velocity model are done for two lanes merging into a single\nlane. For ~30 seconds prior to reaching the merge region, vehicles in both\nlanes adjust their headways to create safe distances in front of and behind the\nmerging vehicle. Cooperation prevents the transition from free flow to\nsynchronous flow that occurs for normal merging, provided the merge region is\nsufficiently large and the total incoming flow does not exceed the maximum\npossible single-lane flow. No long-range vehicle-to-vehicle communication is\nrequired for the type of cooperation considered.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0506146",
    "authors": [
      "L. C. Davis"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.comp-ph",
      "physics.soc-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.046",
    "journal_ref": "Physica A 368 (2006) 541-550",
    "title": "Effect of cooperative merging on the synchronous flow phase of traffic",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0506146"
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