title: Single-vehicle data of highway traffic: a statistical analysis.
abstract: In the present paper, single-vehicle data of highway traffic are analyzed in great detail. By using the single-vehicle data directly, empirical time headway distributions and speed-distance relations can be established. Both quantities yield relevant information about the microscopic states. Several fundamental diagrams are also presented, which are based on time-averaged quantities and compared with earlier empirical investigations. In the remaining part, time-series analyses of the averaged as well as the single-vehicle data are carried out. The results will be used in order to propose objective criteria for an identification of the different traffic states, e.g., synchronized traffic.
authors.affiliation: Theoretische Physik/FB 10, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany. neubert@traffic.uni-duisberg.de
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neubert
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schadschneider
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schreckenberg