An improved cellular automata model of traffic flow with look-ahead potential1

This paper presents an improved automata model for traffic flow based upon models for cellular automata and traffic flow. The proposed model is concerned with the headway and multiple velocities. The proposed model enforces the stochastic rules for moving a car on the basis of traffic in front of it. Rules for updating the velocity of car relies upon the location of the car as well as front traffic and their velocities. In particular, by using numerical simulations, the model proposed in this study can reach the steady-state more quickly for random perturbations.