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Deterministic spontaneous appearance of traffic jams in slightly inhomogeneous traffic flow

Boris S. Kerner, P. Konhäuser, Martin Schilke

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It is shown that a traffic jam can spontaneously be self-formed in a deterministic way in traffic flow, i.e., even if fluctuations in traffic flow are negligible and they need not be taken into account. This effect may be usual for a highway, where traffic flow can always be slightly inhomogeneous due to entering traffic to on-ramps and leaving traffic to off-ramps.

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It is shown that a traffic jam can spontaneously be self-formed in a deterministic way in traffic flow, i.e., even if fluctuations in traffic flow are negligible and they need not be taken into account. This effect may be usual for a highway, where traffic flow can always be slightly inhomogeneous due to entering traffic to on-ramps and leaving traffic to off-ramps.

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It is shown that a traffic jam can spontaneously be self-formed in a deterministic way in traffic flow, i.e., even if fluctuations in traffic flow are negligible and they need not be taken into account. This effect may be usual for a highway, where traffic flow can always be slightly inhomogeneous due to entering traffic to on-ramps and leaving traffic to off-ramps.

Key concepts: Traffic flow (computer networking), Traffic wave, Traffic bottleneck, Flow (mathematics), Three-phase traffic theory, Traffic model, Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory, Microscopic traffic flow model

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