# Life-Times of Simulated Traffic Jams

Source: [Life-Times of Simulated Traffic Jams](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa24072c2a37601939e3d9>)

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Data updated: 2025-10-24T07:52:29.029Z

Authors: K. Nagel

Published: 1993-10-10T01:59:32.000Z

## Abstract

We study a model for freeway traffic which includes strong noise taking into account the fluctuations of individual driving behavior. The model shows emergent traffic jams with a self-similar appearance near the throughput maximum of the traffic. The lifetime distribution of these jams shows a short scaling regime, which gets considerably longer if one reduces the fluctuations for driving at maximum speed but leaves the fluctuations for slowing down or accelerating unchanged. The outflow from a traffic jam self-organizes into this state of maximum throughput.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9310018>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/9310018.pdf>)