Car-Following Model Optimization and Simulation Based on Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control

This study aims to improve the desired distance adaptability of the cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) during car-following. In this study, the characteristics of the desired distance in different traffic flow states were analyzed. The general functional form of the desired distance in the car-following process was formulated. Then, a car-following platoon was constructed to compare the car-following effect of the platoon under different conditions, using the following speed and the lead vehicle disturbance, as the observed variable and the simulation condition, respectively. The car-following effect of the platoon under different parameters was also compared, based on the improved CACC model. The results show that the improved CACC model exhibited more advantages in car-following efficiency, it can better describe the state of the car-following queue under different traffic flow parameters and car-following behavior conditions, it has a strong anti-interference ability for the fluctuation of the car-following queue and is conducive to further improving the intelligent operation of car-following queue.