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On the Aw-Rascle-Zhang traffic models with nonlocal look-ahead interactions
Thomas Hamori and Changhui Tan
Nonlinear Analysis, Volume 262, 113930, 20pp. (2026).
Abstract
We present a new family of second-order traffic flow models, extending the Aw-Rascle-Zhang (ARZ) model to incorporate nonlocal interactions. Our model includes a specific nonlocal Arrhenius-type look-ahead slowdown factor. We establish both local and global well-posedness theories for these nonlocal ARZ models.
In contrast to the local ARZ model, where generic smooth initial data typically lead to finite-time shock formation, we show that our nonlocal ARZ model exhibits global regularity for a class of smooth subcritical initial data. Our result highlights the potential of nonlocal interactions to mitigate shock formations in second-order traffic flow models.
Our analytical approach relies on investigating phase plane dynamics. We introduce a novel comparison principle based on a mediant inequality to effectively handle the nonlocal information inherent in our model.
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doi:10.1016/j.na.2025.113930 |
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This work is supported by NSF grants DMS #2108264 and DMS #2238219 |
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