Infocommunication Measurements for Model Validation of the Follow-the-Leader Model

Abstract

In the paper we discuss the prospects for using modern info-communication tools to validate models of the traffic flows theory. These methods give us possibility to capture device experimental car data not only in the passive mode (from stationary cameras), but also in the active mode, i.e. inside traffic flow. We develop research on experiment with acquisition of track data from devices moving sequentially at cars within a flow in the same lane. The tracks separation procedure into homogeneous parts showed that the measurement error can be approximated by polynomial functions depending on the section type. Characterized functions can be used for traffic model validation.