Rule 184 — Traffic Flow Cellular Automaton

CONTROLS

TRAFFIC STATS

Density ρ:
Flow J = ρv:
Avg velocity:
Phase:

RULE 184

Rule 184: 1 moves right if cell ahead is empty.

101 → 1, 100 → 0, 011 → 1
010 → 0, 001 → 1, 000 → 0

Free flow: ρ < 0.5, J = ρ
Congested: ρ > 0.5, J = 1−ρ
Critical: ρ = 0.5 (max flux J=0.5)

Exact solution for LWR PDE: Burgers eq.